Piranesi's Villa of Maecenas (Interior)

Piranesi Architectural Prints

Prints by Giovanni Battista Piranesi.

[ Antichita Romane | Vedute di Roma | Pompeii ]

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-78) is renowned for his splendid views of ancient and modern Rome. In a life time dedicated to recording these magnificent buildings and mysterious ruins, he created a prodigious oeuvre of dramatic and moving images. The large scale Vedute di Roma is one of the best known and most extensive series, and the one that established Piranesi's reputation. Where much of his earlier work, namely the Grotteschi and the Carceri, was more fantastic in subject matter, these views were meant to be careful delineations of principal sites. As such, they became very sought after souvenirs for tourists in Rome. As examples of Piranesi's artistic prowess they are powerful renderings of great architectural and sculptural monuments. Piranesi's Roman views are unmistakable and unrivaled architectural prints.

From Le Antichita Romane.
Rome: G.B. Piranesi, 1756. Etchings. Excellent condition.

"Uno de' Fianchi dell'Urna, . . ." 15 1/2 x 20 1/8. Center fold. Vol. II, plate 35. $1,400 "Veduta degli Avanzi dell Camere sepolcrali de' Liberti, e Servi, ec. della Famiglia di Augusto." 15 1/2 x 23 1/2. Hind watermark #3. Vol. III, plate 22. $1,800

From Vedute di Roma.
Engravings. Very good to excellent condition unless noted otherwise.
Rome, 1757-78. Lifetime Roman Edition:

“Veduta del Mausoleo d’ Elio Adriano (ora chiamato Castello S. Angelo) nella parte opposta alla Facciato dentro al Castello.” Castle of S. Angelo. Hind 30, I. 17 1/8 x 21 7/8 plus 3/4 inch margins. Hind watermark #3 on heavy laid paper. Two very small worm holes in image with several miniscule losses of printed surface due to scratches. Otherwise, very good condition. Strong impression. $2,200 "Veduta degli Avanzi del Tablino della Casa Aurea di Nerone, detti volgarmente il Tempio della Pace." [The Basilica of Constantine.] 16 1/8 x 21 1/2. Hind 45, III. $1,400

“Veduta della Curia Ostilia.” Structure of the Temple of Claudius at the Church of SS. Giovanni e Paolo. Hind 43, I. 15 3/4 x 23 3/4 plus 2 inch margins. No watermark on heavy laid paper. Stain in margin upper right corner of margin. Printers wrinkle into image and repaired five inch tear into image. Miniscule loss of printed surface due to scratches. Fine condition. $1,500 “Veduta del Tempio detto della Tosse su la via Tiburtina, un miglio vicino a Tivoli.” Temple Della Tosse, near Tivoli. Hind 69, I. 17 3/8 x 22 5/8 plus 3/4 inch margins. No watermark on heavy laid paper. Very good condition. $2,200

Posthumous Roman Edition, [1778]:

Plate 2. [Frontispiece with statue of Minerva.] Hind 32, V. 19 5/8 x 25 1/8. Top and bottom margins 1"+; side margins 2 3/4"+. No watermark on heavy laid paper. Very good condition. $3,800

First Paris edition, 1800-7.

"Altra veduta interna della Villa di Mecenate in Tivoli." [The so-called villa of Mæcenas at Tivoli. Interior.] Hind: 84, II. 16 7/8 x 23 3/4. Signed, lower l. of scroll: Cavalier Piranesi, inc. Etching. Wide margins. $900

Later Paris Edition, 1835-9 (Edition Firmin-Didot).

"Veduta del Tempio ottangolare di Minerva Medica." [The So-called Temple of Minerva Medica.] Hind: 74, iv. 18 1/2 x 27 3/4. Trimmed to plate mark on left; very narrow margins. $900

"Veduta dell' interno dell' Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo." [Colosseum Interior.] Hind: 78, v. 18 x 27 3/8. Narrow margins. Lower right corner separated; expertly reattached. $900 "Veduta dell' Arco di Costantino." [The Arch of Constantine.] Hind: 97,iii. 18 3/8 x 25. Trimmed inside plate marks. Archival backing. No visible watermark. $750

“Veduta della Villa Estense in Tivoli.” The Villa d’Este, Tivoli. Hind 105, III. 18 3/8 x 27 1/2 plus full margins. Repaired tear left margin. Faint mat burn around plate mark. Heavy wove paper. Very good condition. $1,500 “Villa Pamphili.” The Villa Pamphili. Hind 124, III. 19 1/8 x 27 5/8 plus full margins. Repaired tear in left margin into image about 8 inches. Very faint mat burn around platemark and faint spotting in margins. Heavy wove paper. Very good condition. $1,500

Rome, Regia Calcografia Edition, 1870 +.

None currently available.

Prints by Francesco Piranesi.
From Antiquités de Pompeïa or Antiquités de la grande Grèce.
Paris: F. Piranesi, 1804-07. First editions. Double folio. Etchings. Very good condition.

"Grand Frontispice du Premier Volume des Antiquités de Pompeïa." [Frontispiece.] JT ON APPROVAL "Inscriptions sépulchrales, et autres, trouvées dans les fabriques adjacentes à la Porte de la Ville de Pompeïa." [Epitaphs and other inscriptions found near the Gate to the City of Pompeii.] $650

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Piranesi Architectural Prints

Prints by Giovanni Battista Piranesi.

From Le Antichita Romane.

From Vedute di Roma.

Rome, 1757-78. Lifetime Roman Edition:

Posthumous Roman Edition, [1778]:

First Paris edition, 1800-7.

Later Paris Edition, 1835-9 (Edition Firmin-Didot).

Rome, Regia Calcografia Edition, 1870 +.

Prints by Francesco Piranesi.
From Antiquités de Pompeïa or Antiquités de la grande Grèce.

From Le Antichita Romane. Rome: G.B. Piranesi, 1756. Etchings. Excellent condition.
"Uno de' Fianchi dell'Urna, . . ." 15 1/2 x 20 1/8. Center fold. Vol. II, plate 35. $1,400	"Veduta degli Avanzi dell Camere sepolcrali de' Liberti, e Servi, ec. della Famiglia di Augusto." 15 1/2 x 23 1/2. Hind watermark #3. Vol. III, plate 22. $1,800

From Vedute di Roma. Engravings. Very good to excellent condition unless noted otherwise. Rome, 1757-78. Lifetime Roman Edition:
“Veduta del Mausoleo d’ Elio Adriano (ora chiamato Castello S. Angelo) nella parte opposta alla Facciato dentro al Castello.” Castle of S. Angelo. Hind 30, I. 17 1/8 x 21 7/8 plus 3/4 inch margins. Hind watermark #3 on heavy laid paper. Two very small worm holes in image with several miniscule losses of printed surface due to scratches. Otherwise, very good condition. Strong impression. $2,200	"Veduta degli Avanzi del Tablino della Casa Aurea di Nerone, detti volgarmente il Tempio della Pace." [The Basilica of Constantine.] 16 1/8 x 21 1/2. Hind 45, III. $1,400
“Veduta della Curia Ostilia.” Structure of the Temple of Claudius at the Church of SS. Giovanni e Paolo. Hind 43, I. 15 3/4 x 23 3/4 plus 2 inch margins. No watermark on heavy laid paper. Stain in margin upper right corner of margin. Printers wrinkle into image and repaired five inch tear into image. Miniscule loss of printed surface due to scratches. Fine condition. $1,500	“Veduta del Tempio detto della Tosse su la via Tiburtina, un miglio vicino a Tivoli.” Temple Della Tosse, near Tivoli. Hind 69, I. 17 3/8 x 22 5/8 plus 3/4 inch margins. No watermark on heavy laid paper. Very good condition. $2,200
Posthumous Roman Edition, [1778]:
Plate 2. [Frontispiece with statue of Minerva.] Hind 32, V. 19 5/8 x 25 1/8. Top and bottom margins 1"+; side margins 2 3/4"+. No watermark on heavy laid paper. Very good condition. $3,800
First Paris edition, 1800-7.
"Altra veduta interna della Villa di Mecenate in Tivoli." [The so-called villa of Mæcenas at Tivoli. Interior.] Hind: 84, II. 16 7/8 x 23 3/4. Signed, lower l. of scroll: Cavalier Piranesi, inc. Etching. Wide margins. $900
Later Paris Edition, 1835-9 (Edition Firmin-Didot).
"Veduta del Tempio ottangolare di Minerva Medica." [The So-called Temple of Minerva Medica.] Hind: 74, iv. 18 1/2 x 27 3/4. Trimmed to plate mark on left; very narrow margins. $900
"Veduta dell' interno dell' Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo." [Colosseum Interior.] Hind: 78, v. 18 x 27 3/8. Narrow margins. Lower right corner separated; expertly reattached. $900	"Veduta dell' Arco di Costantino." [The Arch of Constantine.] Hind: 97,iii. 18 3/8 x 25. Trimmed inside plate marks. Archival backing. No visible watermark. $750
“Veduta della Villa Estense in Tivoli.” The Villa d’Este, Tivoli. Hind 105, III. 18 3/8 x 27 1/2 plus full margins. Repaired tear left margin. Faint mat burn around plate mark. Heavy wove paper. Very good condition. $1,500	“Villa Pamphili.” The Villa Pamphili. Hind 124, III. 19 1/8 x 27 5/8 plus full margins. Repaired tear in left margin into image about 8 inches. Very faint mat burn around platemark and faint spotting in margins. Heavy wove paper. Very good condition. $1,500
Rome, Regia Calcografia Edition, 1870 +.
None currently available.

Piranesi Architectural Prints

Prints by Giovanni Battista Piranesi.

From Le Antichita Romane.

From Vedute di Roma.

Rome, 1757-78. Lifetime Roman Edition:

Posthumous Roman Edition, [1778]:

First Paris edition, 1800-7.

Later Paris Edition, 1835-9 (Edition Firmin-Didot).

Rome, Regia Calcografia Edition, 1870 +.

Prints by Francesco Piranesi. From Antiquités de Pompeïa or Antiquités de la grande Grèce.

Prints by Francesco Piranesi.
From Antiquités de Pompeïa or Antiquités de la grande Grèce.