Giovanni Battista PIRANESI
1720 - 1778
Veduta dell’ amfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseum
1757
Plate from the set of 135 subjects entitled Vedute di Roma
Original etching
440 x 705 mm, fine margins
Fine impression of the first state (out of 4), before the suppression of the prize paoli due e mezzo, central fold, slight thin places in the corners and along the inferior part of the central fold, small tear in the left edge, a few slight foxes
Watermark : Fleur-de-lys in a double circle
Reference : Hind 57 i/iv, Wilton-Ely 191 et Hind fil. 3, Robison fil. 31