Antique Master Print-SAN-LORENZO-FUORI-LE-MURA-ROMA-Piranesi-1756-1770

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‘VEDUTA DELLA BASILICA DI S. LORENZO FUOR DELLE MURA. PRESSO L’AUTORE.’

– View of the Basilica of San Lorenzo outside the city walls of Rome, with forecourt, colonnade and several monuments in the foreground. To the right the bell tower.

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Description

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 66.2 x 37.8 cm (26.06 x 14.88 inch). Image size: 66.2 x 37.8 cm. (26.06 x 14.88 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.

PIRANESI, SAN LORENZO, BASILICA, ROME, VEDUTE DI ROMA, ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE, 18TH C. | FOLDER -XLARGE

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

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

State: First state.

Reference: Focillon 730; Hind 12; Wilton-Ely 186.

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.

Additional information

Dimensions 37 × 66 × 1 cm

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