Rome: c.1770. Notes: A very fine impression, originally taken from an oblong folio stitched at the top edge, consequently the sheet is in excellent condition with large uncut margins.
Despite the inscription identifying the ruins as those of the Temple of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius in his Forum, they are in fact those of the Temple of the Divine Hadrian (today the Stock Exchange). On thick laid paper with watermark of fleur de lys within a double circle (Hind 3), an excellent rich and detailed impression, with the artist's address and price, wide margins. Published in Rome.
Wilton-Ely 1994 168; Hind 32; Focillon 1918 821
, Image Size : 387x588 (mm), 15.24x23.15 (Inches), Platemark Size : 440x595 (mm), 17.32x23.43 (Inches), Paper Size : 516x765 (mm), 20.31x30.12 (Inches), Coloring: Black & White, Medium: Copper Engraving, Categories: Artists Piranesi (Veduta di Roma); Views Europe Italy;. Very Good. Item #P5055

Notes: A very fine impression, originally taken from an oblong folio stitched at the top edge, consequently the sheet is in excellent condition with large uncut margins.
Despite the inscription identifying the ruins as those of the Temple of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius in his Forum, they are in fact those of the Temple of the Divine Hadrian (today the Stock Exchange). On thick laid paper with watermark of fleur de lys within a double circle (Hind 3), an excellent rich and detailed impression, with the artist's address and price, wide margins. Published in Rome.
Wilton-Ely 1994 168; Hind 32; Focillon 1918 821
, Image Size : 387x588 (mm), 15.24x23.15 (Inches), Platemark Size : 440x595 (mm), 17.32x23.43 (Inches), Paper Size : 516x765 (mm), 20.31x30.12 (Inches), Coloring: Black & White, Medium: Copper Engraving, Categories: Artists Piranesi (Veduta di Roma); Views Europe Italy;.

Price: $3,750.00