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Giovanni-Battista Piranesi, Die Zugbrücke, Platte VII, 2nd edition from "Carceri d'Invenzione"

Lot 945

Giovanni-Battista Piranesi, 1720-1778 (IT)

Die Zugbrücke, Platte VII, 2nd edition from "Carceri d'Invenzione", approx. 1749

Etching.
Plate: H 561 mm W 415 mm; Sheet: H 720 mm W 575 mm.

Signed in the plate lower left: Piranesi F. (Frame).

CHF1'600 / 2'000
EUR1'600 / 2'000
USD1'600 / 2'000

Hammer Price: CHF 4'400

Provenance:
August Laube Buch- und Kunst-Antiquariat, Zurich (verso with label);
Swiss Private Property since 1989.

Literature:
Robison 33 V; Ficacci 116; Wilton-Ely 302.

Annotation:

2nd edition, 4th edition, printed around 1770.