Piranesi Giovanni Battista - Dimostrazioni dell'Emissario del Lago Albano - Etching on paper (1762-64)
Estimate: £2,000 - £2,500
Etching, Drypoint, Burin on laid paper. Signed on plate lower-right in the cartouche “Piranesi F.”, and titled on plate in the same cartouche. In good condition, except a normal fold at the center and some ripples on margins.
Fine Artist’s Proof by the Venetian Old Master, from “Descrizione e Disegno dell’Emissario del Lago albano di Gio Battista Piranesi” (Description and Design of the Emissarium of Lake Albano by Gio Batta Piranesi), published in two editions: 1762 (Rome), 1764 (Paris). Signed on plate “Piranesi F.”
Ref: L. Ficacci, Piranesi, The Complete Etching, Taschen, pag.440, n. 544; Focillon 491.
Fine Artist’s Proof by the Venetian Old Master, from “Descrizione e Disegno dell’Emissario del Lago albano di Gio Battista Piranesi” (Description and Design of the Emissarium of Lake Albano by Gio Batta Piranesi), published in two editions: 1762 (Rome), 1764 (Paris). Signed on plate “Piranesi F.”
Ref: L. Ficacci, Piranesi, The Complete Etching, Taschen, pag.440, n. 544; Focillon 491.