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The Pier with a Lamp, from: Carceri d'Invenzione
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GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI (1720-1778)
The Pier with a Lamp, from: Carceri d'Invenzione
etching, engraving, sulphur tint and burnishing, circa 1749-60, on laid paper, watermark Fleur-de-Lys in a Circle (probably Robison 5, dated circa 1748-60), a very good impression of Robison's first state (of seven), with ink dabbing on the lamp post, from the First Edition, probably Third Issue, the full sheet, in very good condition
Plate 415 x 558 mm.
Sheet 555 x 795 mm.
The Pier with a Lamp, from: Carceri d'Invenzione
etching, engraving, sulphur tint and burnishing, circa 1749-60, on laid paper, watermark Fleur-de-Lys in a Circle (probably Robison 5, dated circa 1748-60), a very good impression of Robison's first state (of seven), with ink dabbing on the lamp post, from the First Edition, probably Third Issue, the full sheet, in very good condition
Plate 415 x 558 mm.
Sheet 555 x 795 mm.
Literature
Hind 15; Robison 41; Wilton-Ely 40
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