Print Description
Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: Fleur-de-lis in double circle with monogram CB above.
Sheet size: 55.1 x 39.9 cm (21.69 x 15.71 inch). Image size: 53 x 38 cm. (20.87 x 14.96 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Original middle fold as published. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
PIRANESI, TREVI FOUNTAIN, ROME, BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE, 18TH-CENTURY PRINTS, ETCHING | EXPO-LARGE
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published by Piranesi in Rome between 1746-1748.
Reference: Focillon 1918, no. 797; Hind 1922, no. 19; Rotterdam 1953, no. 51; Wilton-Ely 1994, no. 145.
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.
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