Giovanni Piranesi First State Etching "Veduta della Piazza di Monte Cavallo"

Item Details

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italy; 1720- 1778)
Veduta della Piazza di Monte Cavallo, circa 1773
Etching on laid paper
Signed in plate “Cavalier Piranesi del. e inc.” to the lower left
First state out of four plate editions

Provenance
From the estate of Nick Bubash

Condition

- heavy toning to paper; foxing to paper; vertical crease through center of piece; vertical crease repaired to the verso; wear to edges of paper; wear to edges of frame; slight billow to paper; staining to upper left of print; minor surface wear present to print.

Dimensions

paper measures 30" W x 21" H x .001" D; plate measures 27.75" W x 18.75" H.

Item #

ITMG241251