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Giovanni-Battista Piranesi, Der Ziehbrunnen, Platte VIII, 2nd edition from "Carceri d'Invenzione"

Lot 946

Giovanni-Battista Piranesi, 1720-1778 (IT)

Der Ziehbrunnen, Platte VIII, 2nd edition from "Carceri d'Invenzione", approx. 1749-1760

Etching.
Plate: H 411 mm W 560 mm; Sheet: H 553 mm W 749 mm.

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

Provenance:
August Laube Buch- und Kunst-Antiquariat, Zurich;
Swiss Private Property since 1990.

Literature:
Robison 39 V; Ficacci 122, 2. Condition; Wilton-Ely 308.

Annotation:

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

CHF1'000 / 1'500
EUR1'000 / 1'500
USD1'000 / 1'500

Hammer Price: CHF 3'600