GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI. "Veduta di Piazza Navona sopra le Rovine

GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI. "Veduta di Piazza Navona sopra le Rovine del Circo Agonale.". Etching on laid paper, 1751, signed Piranesi del. sculp. in the plate. From the "Vedute di Roma". I. 41.0 x 552 cm; S. 56.0 x 83.7 cm. Auvergne watermark (Hind 7). Unframed. Hind 16. From the fifth state, of six, with the price erased. The "Vedute di Roma" is a series of 134 etchings of famous Roman buildings, ruins and monuments created by Piranesi (1720-1778) over nearly three decades (circa 1748-circa 1777). The views capture a wide range of Roman scenery, from classical monuments and buildings to Renaissance and Baroque architecture. It is among the most ambitious printmaking projects of the 18th century.

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