Lot 5832* - ibid154 Old Master Prints & Drawings - online only - Wednesday, 24. September 2025, 11.00 AM
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI
(Mogliano near Mestre 1720–1778 Rome)
Sepolcro di Cecilia Metella. 1762. From the series: Vedute di Roma.
Etching on laid paper.
Signed in the plate: Piranesi F.
45.5 x 63 cm (Sheet size: 54 x 76 cm).
Conditionreport:
Hind 67 II (of V). - Outstanding, deep black, high contrast and even impression probably with the full margins. With a smoothed central fold. Light to unobtrusive foxing, and with light traces of wear. Barely visible damp stains in the lower part of the picture. On the reverse equally browned in parts and with faint damp stains along the lower margin and along the vertical fold. Overall still in good condition. - Also sold: The same artist. Veduta dell'Arco fabbricato in onore d'Augusto vicino alla Città di Aosta... Etching on laid paper. 26 x 40 cm (Sheet size: 41 x 54 cm). Outstanding, high contrast and even impression with the full margins. Traces of former binding along the upper sheet edge. The lower right corner of the wide margins with unobtrusive damp stains. Otherwise in very fine, almost untouched condition. - Rare. CHF 600 / 800 | (€ 620 / 820)
Sold for CHF 500 (including buyer's premium)