24th Mar, 2015 10:00

Fine Art

 
  Lot 17
 

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian 1720-1778) ''OPERE VARIE DI ARCHITETTURA'' plates 1-6: GALLERIA GRANDE DI STATUE, CARCERE OSCURA, MAUSOLEO ANTICO (numbered 4 in error upper r. margin of plate), GRUPPO DI COLONNE, VESTIGGI D'ANTICHI EDIFICI, AND RUINE DI SEPOLCRO ANTICO etchings, with titles printed from separate plates for no's. 1, 2, 3 and 6, published c.1750 36.5 x 23.5cms; 14 3/8 x 9 1/4in. (average main plate size); together with the 1743 title plate for PRIMA PARTE DI ARCHITETTURE... DEDICATED TO SIG. NICOLA GIOBBE 35 x 25cms; 13 3/4 x 10in. (trimmed). (7) See illustration

Sold for £620


 

Auction: Fine Art, 24th Mar, 2015

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