Giovanni Battista PIRANESI
Mogliano Veneto 1720 – Rome 1778
Veduta della Piazza della Rotonda
1751
Plate from the series of 135 subjects titled Vedute di Roma
Original etching
410 × 548 mm, wide margins
Very fine impression of the fifth state (of 8) from the Roman edition, with the price and numbers erased beforehand, stitch holes along the left edge, a small ink stain near the title, a central vertical fold, and minute creases and tears in the lower right corner.
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis in a double circle (Robison 36, 36 bis?)
Reference: Hind 17 v/viii