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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Two Engravings
Lot 39

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Two Engravings

Estimate: $800 - $1,200
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(Italian, 1720-1778)

two works from the series Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome): Altra Veduta degli avanzi del Pronao del Tempio della Concordia (H. 110), 1774, first Paris edition, state I/III, pencil inscription verso, etching on heavy laid paper with circular fleur de lis watermark (H.4) center left, plate 18-1/4 x 27-1/2 in.; Avanzi della Villa di Mecenate a Tivoli...(H.65), 1763, first Paris edition, state I/III, pencil inscription lower left margin, etching on heavy laid paper, plate 17-7/8 x 26-3/8 in.; matching black and gilt wood frames, both 29-7/8 x 38-3/8 x 1-1/4 in. 

Provenance: Property from a Private Chicago Estate

Note: These engravings are accompanied by two reproduction framed Piranesi prints, in matching black and gilt wood frames, 24-3/8 x 31-1/4 x 1 in.

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Property from a Private Chicago Estate

both with varying levels of toning, staining, light foxing, mat burn, "Mecenate a Tivoli" laid down on cardboard, "Tempio della Concordia" hinged at top corners with archival tape, some waviness to paper, small tears along edges

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