Antique Master Print-ROMAN-RUINS-OBELISK-LANDSCAPE-Giampiccoli-Ricci-ca. 1740

Medium: Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 52.7 x 41.2 cm (20.75 x 16.22 inch). Image size: 52.7 x 38.7 cm. (20.75 x 15.24 inch).

Condition: good, given age. 2 Small tears in top margin. Light creasing and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

GIULIANO GIAMPICCOLI, MARCO RICCI, GIUSEPPE WAGNER, ITALIAN ETCHING, ROMAN RUINS, OBELISK, CAPRICCIO, BAROQUE LANDSCAPE, 18TH CENTURY PRINT, AN SERIES PLATE 2 | PCO-EXPO-LARGE

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Plate 2 from the second series of 12 large landscapes after Marco Ricci. Published by Giuseppe (Joseph) Wagner (active in Venice).

Reference: BM Piranesi 1968 cat. p.14 (exhibited); British Museum, Inv. 1951,0714.280.

Biography engraver: Giuliano Giampiccoli (1703?1759), Venetian engraver, known for architectural and capriccio prints, worked with Wagner and other major Venetian publishers.

Biography artist: Marco Ricci (1676?1730), Venetian painter of landscapes, theatrical scenery, and capricci; known for picturesque scenes of ruins and classical architecture.