Piranesi Giovanni Battista - Avanzi di Antiche Terme in Albano denominate Cello Majo - Etching on paper (1764)
Estimate: £2,000 - £2,400
Ancient Baths in Albano called Cello Majo is an etching, drypoint and burin on laid and watermarked paper (lily in a double cercle).
Wonderful Specimen of a Roman antique edition. From the series of Piranesi’s etchings “Antichità di Albano e di Castel Gandolfo” (Antiquities from Albano and Castel Gandolfo). Very Good condition, with a normal fold at the center and light folds on the lower.
Ref: Focillon n. 516 , L. Ficacci, Piranesi, The Complete Etching, Taschen, 2000 n.568, pag.459.
Wonderful Specimen of a Roman antique edition. From the series of Piranesi’s etchings “Antichità di Albano e di Castel Gandolfo” (Antiquities from Albano and Castel Gandolfo). Very Good condition, with a normal fold at the center and light folds on the lower.
Ref: Focillon n. 516 , L. Ficacci, Piranesi, The Complete Etching, Taschen, 2000 n.568, pag.459.