Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Carceri d'Invenzione (Hind 1-16; Robinson 29-44; Wilton-Ely 26-41)
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Venice 1720 - 1778 Rome
Carceri d'Invenzione (Hind 1-16; Robinson 29-44; Wilton-Ely 26-41)
the complete set, comprising sixteen etchings with engraving, many plates with sulphur tint or open bite and burnishing, some plates with drypoint, scratching, or lavis, circa 1749-61, fine and rich impressions from the Second Edition, Second Issue, with Roman numerals, on thick laid paper with a Double Encircled Fleur-de-Lys watermark (Robison 35), bound in modern half-leather with marbled boards
each sheet: 30 ⅛ by 21 ⅛ in. 76.5 by 53.7 cm
overall: 21 ⅝ by 16 ½ in. 54.9 by 42 by 2 cm
With William H. Schab Master Prints & Drawings, Inc., New York;
From whom acquired by the present collector, 2008.
A. M. Hind, Giovanni Battista Piranesi A Critical Study, London 1922, 1967, cat nos. 1-16;
A. Robison, Piranesi Early Architectural Fantasies, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Etchings, Washington 1986, cat. nos. 29-44, other impressions illustrated;
J. Wilton-Ely, Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Complete Etchings, San Francisco 1994, cat. nos. 26-41, other impressions illustrated.
Bound in the following order (the order of the Second Edition, Second Issue):
Plate I: Title Plate (Robison 29): Etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, 1749, sixth state (of nine)
Plate II: The Man on the Rack (R. 43): Etching with engraving, 1761, third state (of six), the plate first added to the Second Edition
Plate III: The Round Tower (R. 30): Etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing, 1749, third state (of six)
Plate IV: The Grand Piazza (R. 31) Etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing, 1749, third state (of six)
Plate V: The Lion Bas-Reliefs (R. 44) Etching with engraving, 1761, second state (of three)
Plate VI: The Smoking Fire (R. 32) Etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing, 1749, fourth state (of seven)
Plate VII: The Drawbridge (R. 33) Etching, engraving, scratching, 1749, third state (of six)
Plate VIII: The Staircase with Trophies (R. 34) Etching with engraving, 1749, third state (of six)
Plate IX: The Giant Wheel (R. 35) Etching with engraving, 1749, fifth state (of eight)
Plate X: Prisoners on a Projecting Platform (R. 36) Etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing, 1749, third state (of six)
Plate XI: The Arch with a Shell Ornament (R. 37) Etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, drypoint, 1749, fourth state (of seven)
Plate XII: The Sawhorse (R. 38) Etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, scratching, 1749, fourth state (of six), Plate XII of this issue and all later issues
Plate XIII: The Well (R. 39) Etching, engraving, scratching, burnishing, lavis, 1749, third state (of six)
Plate XIV: The Gothic Arch (R. 40) Etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing, 1749, fourth state (of six)
Plate XV: The Pier with a Lamp (R. 41) Etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing, 1749, fourth state (of seven)
Plate XVI: The Pier with Chains (R. 42) Etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing, 1749, second state (of six)
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