GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI (1720-1778)
The Smoking Fire, from: Carceri d'Invenzione
etching, engraving, sulphur tint and burnishing, circa 1749-60, on laid paper, watermark Fleur-de-Lys in a Circle (presumably Robison 5, dated circa 1748-60), a fine impression of Robison's first state (of seven), with ink dabbing on the wall at left, from the First Edition, probably Third Issue, with wide margins
Plate 549 x 403 mm.
Sheet 710 x 507 mm.
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI (1720-1778)
The Smoking Fire, from: Carceri d'Invenzione
etching, engraving, sulphur tint and burnishing, circa 1749-60, on laid paper, watermark Fleur-de-Lys in a Circle (presumably Robison 5, dated circa 1748-60), a fine impression of Robison's first state (of seven), with ink dabbing on the wall at left, from the First Edition, probably Third Issue, with wide margins
Plate 549 x 403 mm.
Sheet 710 x 507 mm.
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