Lot No. 57


Giovanni Battista Piranesi


Giovanni Battista Piranesi - Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures

(Mogliano 1720-1778 Rome) Antichita d'Albano e di Castel Gandolfo Descritte ed incise da Giovambatista Piranesi (Antiquities of Albano and of Castel Gandolfo described and etched by Giovanni Battista Piranesi), a set with eight etchings on laid paper, edition Paris, c. 1775, each titled in the plate, 1. Sepolcro Regio, o Consolare, inciso nella rupe del Monte Albano... (Royal or consular tomb in the Alban Hills), 55 x 64 cm, Focillon 511, 2. Rovine d'un antico Sepolcro fatto... (Ruins of an ancient tomb at the Fia Appia Antica), 39,5x 56 cm, Focillon 512, 3. Sepolcro fatto falsamente degli Orazi, e Curiazi (Tomb wrongly called that of the Horatii and Curati), 39 x 55 cm, Focillon 513, 4. Avanzi di antiche terme in Albano (Ancient baths in albano called Cello Majo), 40,5 x 60,5 cm, Focillon 516, 5. Rovine dell'Anfiteatro detto di Domiziano (Ruins of the amphitheater of Domitian), 39,5 x 65 cm, Focillon 516, 6. Elevazione e prospetto d'un altra piscina (Interior view of another reservoir), 40,5 x 61,5 cm, Focillon 531, 7. Rovine d'antico edifizio nella Villa Barberina presso Castel Gandolfo (Ruins of an ancient building in the Villa Barberini), 38,5 x 54 cm, Focillon 533, 8. Veduta della magnifica Sostruzione fabbricata per regger la falda del Monte... (Substructure built to reinforce the base of the mountainside), 43 x 67 cm, Focillon 536b, unmounted, unframed, (8), (Sch)

Very excellent, strong impressions of the Paris edition; with rich contrasts; c. 1775. Each with broad margin along platemarks, with traces of folding, otherwise in an excellent condition.

Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546

astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at

24.10.2013 - 17:00

Realized price: **
EUR 5,000.-
Estimate:
EUR 4,000.- to EUR 6,000.-

Giovanni Battista Piranesi


(Mogliano 1720-1778 Rome) Antichita d'Albano e di Castel Gandolfo Descritte ed incise da Giovambatista Piranesi (Antiquities of Albano and of Castel Gandolfo described and etched by Giovanni Battista Piranesi), a set with eight etchings on laid paper, edition Paris, c. 1775, each titled in the plate, 1. Sepolcro Regio, o Consolare, inciso nella rupe del Monte Albano... (Royal or consular tomb in the Alban Hills), 55 x 64 cm, Focillon 511, 2. Rovine d'un antico Sepolcro fatto... (Ruins of an ancient tomb at the Fia Appia Antica), 39,5x 56 cm, Focillon 512, 3. Sepolcro fatto falsamente degli Orazi, e Curiazi (Tomb wrongly called that of the Horatii and Curati), 39 x 55 cm, Focillon 513, 4. Avanzi di antiche terme in Albano (Ancient baths in albano called Cello Majo), 40,5 x 60,5 cm, Focillon 516, 5. Rovine dell'Anfiteatro detto di Domiziano (Ruins of the amphitheater of Domitian), 39,5 x 65 cm, Focillon 516, 6. Elevazione e prospetto d'un altra piscina (Interior view of another reservoir), 40,5 x 61,5 cm, Focillon 531, 7. Rovine d'antico edifizio nella Villa Barberina presso Castel Gandolfo (Ruins of an ancient building in the Villa Barberini), 38,5 x 54 cm, Focillon 533, 8. Veduta della magnifica Sostruzione fabbricata per regger la falda del Monte... (Substructure built to reinforce the base of the mountainside), 43 x 67 cm, Focillon 536b, unmounted, unframed, (8), (Sch)

Very excellent, strong impressions of the Paris edition; with rich contrasts; c. 1775. Each with broad margin along platemarks, with traces of folding, otherwise in an excellent condition.

Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546

astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 24.10.2013 - 17:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 19.10. - 24.10.2013


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