Antique Master Print-PIAZZA-DORO-HADRIAN-VILLA-TIVOLI-Piranesi-1756-1770

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

Sheet size: 75.5 x 57.8 cm (29.72 x 22.76 inch). Image size: 62 x 47.2 cm. (24.41 x 18.58 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, HADRIAN’S VILLA, VILLA ADRIANA, PIAZZA D’ORO, TIVOLI, ROMAN RUINS, CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE, 18TH-CENTURY ETCHING | FOLDER -XLARGE

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

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

State: First state (Hind i/iv).

Reference: Hind 132 I/IV; Focillon 846; Wilton-Ely 265.

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.