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Giovanni Antonio Battista Piranesi
(Mogliano bei Mestre 1720 - 1778 Rom)
„"Prisoners on a Projecting Platform", X from: "Carceri d'invenzione"“
c. 1749
etching; framed
41 x 54 cm (plate size), 53 x 71 cm (leaf size)
signed on the lower left on the plate: Piranesi f.;
state I (of II)
with wide margins; smoothed centrefold;
Provenance
private collection, Austria
Literature
Arthur Hind, Giovanni Battista Piranesi. A Critical Study with a List of His Published Works and Detailed Catalogue of the Prisons and the Views of Rome, London 1922, p. 27, no. 10 I (of II);
Luigi Ficacci, The complete etchings. Gesamtkatalog der Kupferstiche, Cologne 2000, p. 146 I (of II)
Estimate: € 2.500 - 5.000
Result: € 4.864 (incl. fees)
Auction is closed.