Lot 3637 - A208 Old Master Prints - Friday, 22. March 2024, 10.00 AM
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI
(Mogliano near Mestre 1720-1778 Rome)
Veduta del Ponte Solario. From the series: Vedute di Roma. 1754.
Etching on laid paper with watermark: Fleur de lis in double circle.
Signed in the plate on lower margin to the right: Piranesi F.
41 x 62 cm (Sheet size: 46.5 x 72 cm).
Hind 31 I (of V, with address of Bouchard e Gravier). - Partial light browning in the passepartout opening. The image with scattered stains and with stronger stains in the upper right half of the image. The margins with several tears, one larger tear reaching just within the lower text band. The sheet edges with remains of glue from a former attachment using Tesa tape. With traces of handling and ageing in the broad margins. Verso with remains of Tesa tape. Despite these issues, still a good overall impression.
Provenance:
- Sale Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, 14 Nov. 1984, Lot 310a.
- Private collection, Switzerland.
Provenance:
- Sale Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, 14 Nov. 1984, Lot 310a.
- Private collection, Switzerland.
CHF 300 / 400 | (€ 310 / 410)
Sold for CHF 875 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.