Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 - 1778)

Title : Altra veduta del medesimo in prospettiva, fra una lampada e un piccolo vaso in bronzo Artist proof, with a good contrast and sharp details, printed on antique laid paper, large margins, representing an “antique marble altar discovered in Villa Adriana’s ruins, in Tivoli”, (the place is today called Pantanello), a bronze vase and an antique bronze lantern, “discovered in the Ancient Vejo”. The piece is dedicated to “Madam Eliza Upton, English Lady, conoisseur of every kind of Liberal Arts”. Signed on plate “Cav. Piranesi F.” on lower left. Excellent conditions, with some stains and foxing, some tiny marks, higher and lower margins lightly damaged. Undoubtedly Piranesi was one of the most important engravers in 18th century even if he was well-known as an architect and an archaeologist: the greatest engraver in the period from Rembrandt a Goya. The generations after him have continued to imagine the Ancient Rome as the artist has portrayed his magnificent in "Vedute". References: L. FICACCI, Piranesi, The Complete Etchings, Taschen, p.603, fig. 762. A.A.V.V., Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Architetture, fantasie e grotteschi, Antichità Romane, Catalogo 24, Antiquarius, p. 72
58x79.5 (foglio), 45x50,5 (image)