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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Mogliano Veneto 1720 – 1778 Rome

“Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide di Marmo Composta di Grossi Macigni ove si Veggono Scolpite le Due Guerre Daciche Fatte da Traiano […]“. 1774/1779

26 sheet with 32 etchings altogether on laid paper; vellum binding, gold embossed. Large folio (80 × 60 cm) (31 ½ × 23 ⅝ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Giovanni Battista Piranesi. “Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide di Marmo Composta di Grossi Macigni ove si Veggono Scolpite le Due Guerre Daciche Fatte da Traiano […]“. 1774/1779.

Estimate:

EUR 17,000

 

- 20,000

USD 20,000

 

- 23,600

Sold for:

20,625 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 2017

ORANGERIE Selected Objects, Thursday, 30.11.2017

Information

26 sheet with 32 etchings altogether on laid paper; vellum binding, gold embossed. Large folio (80 × 60 cm) (31 ½ × 23 ⅝ in.)). Inscribed on spine: PIRAN COLON TRAIA COCI EDI MAVR / ExLibis: Wappen der Earls of Caldon. A title page, a frontispiece, 17 panels for the Trajans-column (plate I: the column, 300 x 78 cm, as well as panels IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, without no., without no., XII, without no., without no., without no., without no., without no., without no., without no., without no.) / five panels for the Antoninus Pius-column (without no., without no.: veduta by Francesco Piranesi, without no., without no., without no.) / two panels for the Antoninus-column (Marc-Aurel-column) (without no., without no.: the column, 320 x 78 cm).

Related literature: Luigi Ficacci: Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Cologne, 2011, vol. 2, p. 554–575.

James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon (1730–1802) / Du Pré Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon (1777–1839), Caledon House, Tyron (Ireland) / private collection, Bavaria (acquired in 1980 at Galerie Carroll, Munich)

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