Antique Master Print-BASILICA-HOLY CROSS-JERUSALEM-FACADE-ROMA-Piranesi-1756

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 76.5 x 53.6 cm (30.12 x 21.1 inch). Image size: 61.5 x 40.5 cm. (24.21 x 15.94 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light scattered foxing on margins; strong impression with rich burr; full sheet. Some creasing, and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI, BASILICA DI SANTA CROCE IN GERUSALEMME, ROME, ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHITECTURE, VEDUTE DI ROMA, 18TH-CENTURY PRINTS | FOLDER -XLARGE

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Vedute di Roma (Rome, 1750s-1778).

State: First state (Hind i/iv).

Reference: Focillon 51.729; Giesecke passim; Hind 41.11 i/vi; Wilton-Ely I.216.173.

Biography engraver: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) was an Italian classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric ‘prisons’ (Carceri d’invenzione). He was the father of Francesco Piranesi, Laura Piranesi and Pietro Piranesi.