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Giovanni Battista PIRANESI, Veduta dell’ Arco di Tito, 1771, Planche de la suite de 135 sujets intitulée Vedute di Roma, Galerie Paul Prouté Paris

Giovanni Battista PIRANESI

Mogliano Veneto 1720 – Rome 1778

Veduta dell’ Arco di Tito

1771
Plate from the series of 135 subjects titled Vedute di Roma
Original etching
474 × 700 mm, narrow margins
A fine impression from the first state (of 4) of the Roman edition, prior to the address and numbers, with a central vertical fold, annotation no II in pen and brown ink within the cartouche, two paper defects in the center of the subject visible under light, and a small printing crease in the lower left corner.
On the reverse, a long fold on the left side of the subject, barely visible on the obverse, slight traces of ink and dust, remnants of yellow ink along the left edge and a trace of glue.
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis in a circle surmounted by a cartouche bearing the letters AMGS (R. 20)
Reference: Hind 98 i/iv

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