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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Mogliano Veneto 1720 – 1778 Rome

Arched entryway in the Villa Belvedere on the Vatican Hill (?). Circa 1770

Pen and ink drawing on paper. 10,7 × 7,4 cm (4 ¼ × 2 ⅞ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Arched entryway in the Villa Belvedere on the Vatican Hill (?). Circa 1770.

Estimate:

EUR 6,000

 

- 8,000

USD 6,750

 

- 9,000

Sold for:

7,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 247-254

Orangerie Selected Objects, Thursday, 26.11.2015

Information

Pen and ink drawing on paper. 10,7 × 7,4 cm (4 ¼ × 2 ⅞ in.). On the reverse in green pen: 187 / in pencil: Italienisch 18. Jh. Framed

Related literature: Felice Stampfle: Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York 1978 / Lina Miraglia: Piranesi’s Vasi, candelabri Reinterpreted; in: Visual Resources, vol. X (1994), S.221–233.

Formerly collection of the architect Anton Schmid (1904–1991), Vienna - his collector mark, see Frits Lugt, no. 2330 b (supplement, p. 343)

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