Giovanni Battista PIRANESI
1720 - 1778
Veduta del gran Tempio di Ercole
1769
Plates from the series of 135 subjects titled Vedute di Roma
Original etching
387 × 531 mm, large margins
Fine impression of the second state (of 4) from the Roman edition, with retouching in the sky and on the ruined wall on the right, and prior to the numbers in the right corner of the subject; central vertical fold; slight foxing along the edges; creases in the upper left corner and along the left edge; minute tears along the left edge; barely visible spots on the subject. On the reverse, dust in the upper part
Watermark barely legible
Reference: Hind 91 ii/iv