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.

"Uno de' Fianchi dell'Urna, . . ." One side of the urn . . . 15 1/2 x 20 1/8. Center fold. Vol. II, plate 35. Excellent condition.$1,400 "Veduta interna di una delle tre Sale sepolcrali credute della Famiglia di Augusto." Interior view of the three large tomb chambers thought to belog to the Household of Augustus. 14 3/4 x 20. Rome: F. Piranesi, 1784+. Center fold. Vol. II, plate 42. Focillon: 264; Wilton-Ely: I; 399. Slight staining, good condition. Strong strike. $600

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

"Veduta degli Avanzi del Tablino della Casa Aurea di Nerone, detti volgarmente il Tempio della Pace." View of the remnants of the gallery from Nero's Domus Aurea [Golden House], commonly called the Temple of Peace. 16 1/8 x 21 1/2. Hind 45, III. $1,400

“Veduta della Curia Ostilia.” View of the 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.” View of the so-called Temple of the Cough on the Tiburtine Road, a mile from 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.

"Avanzi della Villa di Mecenate a Tivoli." Exterior view of the Villa di Mecenate in Tivoli. [The so-called villa of Mæcenas, Tivoli.] Hind: 65, I. 17 3/4 x 26 1/4. Signed, lower l. in scroll: Piranesi sc. Etching. On laid paper, no watermark. Vertical crease at center. Wide margins. $1,400
"Altra veduta interna della Villa di Mecenate in Tivoli." Other interior view of the Villa di Mecenate in Tivoli. [The so-called villa of Mæcenas at Tivoli.] Hind: 84, I. 16 1/2 x 23 3/4. Signed, lower r. in scroll: Cavalier Piranesi inc. Etching. On laid paper, no watermark. Good margins, some skinning and chip in top center margin, else very good. $1,400

"Veduta interna della Villa di Mecenate in Tivoli." Interior view of the Villa di Mecenate in Tivoli. [The so-called villa of Mæcenas at Tivoli.] Hind: 73, II. 16 7/8 x 23 3/4. Signed, lower l. margin: Piranesi F. Etching. On laid paper, no watermark. Wide margins. Strong impression. $1,400

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

"Veduta dell' interno dell' Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo." View of the interior of the Flavian Amphitheater called the Colosseum. Hind: 78, v. 18 x 27 3/8. Narrow margins. Lower right corner separated; expertly reattached. $900

“Veduta della Villa Estense in Tivoli.” View of 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 "Veduta dell' Arco di Costantino." View of the Arch of Constantine. Hind: 97,iii. 18 3/8 x 25. Trimmed inside plate marks. Archival backing. No visible watermark. $750

Rome, Regia Calcografia Edition, 1870 +.

None currently available.

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

"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 +.

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

From Le Antichita Romane. Rome: G.B. Piranesi, 1756. Etchings.
"Uno de' Fianchi dell'Urna, . . ." One side of the urn . . . 15 1/2 x 20 1/8. Center fold. Vol. II, plate 35. Excellent condition.$1,400	"Veduta interna di una delle tre Sale sepolcrali credute della Famiglia di Augusto." Interior view of the three large tomb chambers thought to belog to the Household of Augustus. 14 3/4 x 20. Rome: F. Piranesi, 1784+. Center fold. Vol. II, plate 42. Focillon: 264; Wilton-Ely: I; 399. Slight staining, good condition. Strong strike. $600

From Vedute di Roma. Engravings. Very good to excellent condition unless noted otherwise. Rome, 1757-78. Lifetime Roman Edition:
"Veduta degli Avanzi del Tablino della Casa Aurea di Nerone, detti volgarmente il Tempio della Pace." View of the remnants of the gallery from Nero's Domus Aurea [Golden House], commonly called the Temple of Peace. 16 1/8 x 21 1/2. Hind 45, III. $1,400
“Veduta della Curia Ostilia.” View of the 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.” View of the so-called Temple of the Cough on the Tiburtine Road, a mile from 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.
"Avanzi della Villa di Mecenate a Tivoli." Exterior view of the Villa di Mecenate in Tivoli. [The so-called villa of Mæcenas, Tivoli.] Hind: 65, I. 17 3/4 x 26 1/4. Signed, lower l. in scroll: Piranesi sc. Etching. On laid paper, no watermark. Vertical crease at center. Wide margins. $1,400	"Altra veduta interna della Villa di Mecenate in Tivoli." Other interior view of the Villa di Mecenate in Tivoli. [The so-called villa of Mæcenas at Tivoli.] Hind: 84, I. 16 1/2 x 23 3/4. Signed, lower r. in scroll: Cavalier Piranesi inc. Etching. On laid paper, no watermark. Good margins, some skinning and chip in top center margin, else very good. $1,400
"Veduta interna della Villa di Mecenate in Tivoli." Interior view of the Villa di Mecenate in Tivoli. [The so-called villa of Mæcenas at Tivoli.] Hind: 73, II. 16 7/8 x 23 3/4. Signed, lower l. margin: Piranesi F. Etching. On laid paper, no watermark. Wide margins. Strong impression. $1,400
Later Paris Edition, 1835-9 (Edition Firmin-Didot).
"Veduta dell' interno dell' Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo." View of the interior of the Flavian Amphitheater called the Colosseum. Hind: 78, v. 18 x 27 3/8. Narrow margins. Lower right corner separated; expertly reattached. $900
“Veduta della Villa Estense in Tivoli.” View of 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	"Veduta dell' Arco di Costantino." View of the Arch of Constantine. Hind: 97,iii. 18 3/8 x 25. Trimmed inside plate marks. Archival backing. No visible watermark. $750
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 +.

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

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