. . .
. . . . . . . Giovanni Battista
Piranesi, Italian engraver, etcher and architect, was born in
Maiano di Mestre in 1720 and died in Rome in 1778. After a first
period of studies in Venice, he went to Rome in 1740 where remained
for nearly all of his life, except short sojourns in Naples and
Venice (1744-1745), Pompei and Ercolano (1770), Paestum (1777). The
first cycle of engravings Prima parte di architetture e prospettive
where architectonic fantasies are based on Venetian architecture,
was published in 1743 and in 1750 with the denomination Opere varie
di architettura (Various works of architecture).. . In the same
year were issued Grotteschi o Capricci designed in 1745 where could
be noticed the influence of contemporary French architectonic
models. In 1748 Piranesi began work over the famous Vedute di Roma
(Views of Rome). In the beginning these representations of the
principal Roman monuments were not planned as a cycle, but their
execution and publication continued till 1775 covering nearly 30
years of life of the master, which became his greatest work. In
1743 another series of fantastic internal views was born and
published in 1760 with the name Carceri d'invenzione (Prisons of
invention). At the same time as a result of continuous studies of
Roman monuments and surroundings, Piranesi published engravings
dedicated to Ancient Rome (1756) and to Magnificence and
architecture of Romans (Magnificenza et architettura de'romani)
(1761). With the "Diverse maniere d'adornare i camini ed ogni altra
parte degli edifici" (Different modes of adorning of fire places
and every other part of the building), a kind of guide with the
models of architecture of interior in neoclassic style, Piranesi
showed himself also as a great expert and appraiser of Etruscan and
Egyptian art. The other work where Etruscan designs also appeared
was Parere su l'Architettura (1765). His last work "Vasi,
candelabri, cippi..." (1778) is a collection of typical elements
and themes of neoclassic decoration. As an architect Piranesi
realized in 1764-1766 a great complex construction on the Aventine
Hill in Rome including Piazza, Villa and Chiesa of the Knights of
Malta.
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Caryatids. . .. oddly an etching before top title but is :-
Ricostruzione dell'edifizio sorretto da Cariatidi ritrovato nel 1765
nella Vigna Strozzi fuori Porta S. Sebastiano.
Published 1765 signed to base right as Cavalier Piranesi F. 440X690 mm
. Full page Inscription to base
Nell'anno 1765 nella Vigna Strozzi su la
Via Appia fuori di Porta S. Sebastiano mezza miglio incirca passato
capo di bove furono ritrovate le Cariatidi segnato A. B. C. in quella
segnata A. si vede scolpita la seguente greca iscrizzione KRITVN KAI
NIKOLAOS AYHNAIOI EPOI OUN Critone e Nicolò Ateniesi
facevano=le quali Cariatidi oggidi si vedono nella Villa Albani. Le
altre due D. E. furono anche ritrovate nello stesso luogo nel tempo di
Sisto V. le quali si conservano nella Villa Montalto; e quantunque in
una sola vi sieno li nomi degli Artefici, con tutto ciò
è da credersi che tutte e cinque sieno del medesimo
scalpello, perche si vede in esse lo stesso gusto, lavoro, e
perfezzione. Quando nel sopradetto anno 1765. che furono escavate le
prime tre io vi fui presente, e viddi accanto ad esse l'avanzo de muri
ove erano anticamente state poste, e vi si trovarono ancora molti pezzi
delli stipiti della porta F. e della cornice G. e dei frammenti di
bassirilievi indicanti battaglia, e Sacrifizi, e se in quell'escavo,
tanto le figure, che li frammenti ritrovati e veduti fossero stati da
me separatamente disegnati, non averebbero data la minima idea del
sogetto premuroso che il tutto una volta rappresentava; onde ho stimato
proprio riunendo queste parti dare un disegno su la situazione de muri
tali come da me furono veduti, collocando sopra li suoi antichi posti
le cadute Cariatidi, e sopraponendo la cornice, e così dare
un disegno compito del tutto dell'edifizio: e siccome una di esse
Cariatidi non fù trovata, mi son servito pertanto di quella
che si vede nel palazzo Mattei all' olmo.£445
inc
Stunning
detail a real gem
minor edge nicks to border av 4 mm very light soiling a few
light foxing blemishes otherwise stunning More images on request.
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Interiora Balnearum Sallustianarum..
by Giovanni
Battista. PIRANESI,
Original
etching. 290 x 290
mm. £280 mounted
closer cut to
the sides . . .originally from Tab.XLIII of the first Paris
edition of the Campus Martius.
Paris
1809
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Senatus
Populusque Romanus;(the Senate and the
people of Rome) Tom IX
One
etching of parts of Trajan's column
from 'Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide di marmo
composta
di grossi macigni ove si veggone scolpite le due guerre daciche
fatte da Trajano', c.1774/75, including the pedestal, door
& inscriptions; base of the column, three differing views of
the pedestal; Trophies of the Dacians, Sarmatians and others, each
approx. 600 x 840 mm. Signature Cavalier Piranesi del e inc.
From three
Piranesi series of prints created
between 1774 and 1779. They were eventually brought together as a
composite publication recording the three monumental relief columns
of Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus, Roman Emperor from AD 98-117),
Marcus Aurelius, and Antoninus and Faustina in Rome.
The column is
covered with intricate carvings
chronicling the Dacian Wars of in an ascending spiral around the
column, with a statue of Trajan at the top.. The Dacian Wars were
two wars of conquest against a Germanic people living in present
day Romania. After the second war, their territory was incorporated
into the Roman Empire and Trajan returned to Rome with riches which
he spent on grand building projects.£410 inc
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[Another
face of the pedestal of Trajan's
Column, Ely 700] [Pl. XII]
[Pl.
XII]. Rome: Gio. Batti. Piranesi,
[1774-1779].. Plate mark: 23 3/8 x 33 inches. Sheet size: 26 3/4 x
37 1/8 inches.
Etching of
the pedestal of Trajan's Column is
from Piranesi's 'Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna
Coclide'.
Originally
situated in the center of Trajan's
Forum, a sizeable complex of buildings designed by the architect
Apollodoro, the column was erected in AD1036-133 to commemorate
emperor Trajan's triumph against the Dacians in two military
campaigns he led in AD101-102. Measuring 100 feet tall, it is
covered by spiral bas-relief sculptures depicting the two
victories. After his death in 117AD, Trajan's ashes were laid to
rest inside the column's pedestal.
Published
toward the end of Piranesi's career,
'Trofeo o sia Magnifica' is comprised of three series of plates
created between 1774 and 1779 that depict the colossal relief
columns of Rome: the Trajan column, the Antonine column (of Marcus
Aurelius), and the column of Antoninus and Faustina. With the
assistance of Francesco Piranesi, Giovanni Battista's son, and
Vincenzo Dolcibene, the three groups of plates were published as a
single volume.
'Trofeo o sia
Magnifica Colonna Coclide', the
part devoted to Trajan's Column, was the first of the three series
to be completed (circa 1774) and was dedicated to Pope Clement XIV. £365
inc
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[Another
face of the pedestal of Trajan's
Column, Ely 700] [Pl. XIII]
[Pl.
XIII]. Rome: Gio. Batti. Piranesi,
[1774-1779].. Plate mark: 23 3/8 x 33 inches. Sheet size: 26 3/4 x
37 1/8 inches.
Etching of
the pedestal of Trajan's Column is
from Piranesi's 'Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna
Coclide'.
Originally
situated in the center of Trajan's
Forum, a sizeable complex of buildings designed by the architect
Apollodoro, the column was erected in AD1036-133 to commemorate
emperor Trajan's triumph against the Dacians in two military
campaigns he led in AD101-102. Measuring 100 feet tall, it is
covered by spiral bas-relief sculptures depicting the two
victories. After his death in 117AD, Trajan's ashes were laid to
rest inside the column's pedestal.
Published
toward the end of Piranesi's career,
'Trofeo o sia Magnifica' is comprised of three series of plates
created between 1774 and 1779 that depict the colossal relief
columns of Rome: the Trajan column, the Antonine column (of Marcus
Aurelius), and the column of Antoninus and Faustina. With the
assistance of Francesco Piranesi, Giovanni Battista's son, and
Vincenzo Dolcibene, the three groups of plates were published as a
single volume.
'Trofeo o sia
Magnifica Colonna Coclide', the
part devoted to Trajan's Column, was the first of the three series
to be completed (circa 1774) and was dedicated to Pope Clement
XIV.£365 inc
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Trofei
de Daci de Sarmati ed altri Popoli
Alleati Scolpiti nella Fascia e nel Piedestallo della Colonna
Trajana.. [Trophies of the Dacians, the Sarmatians and other allied
peoples, carved on the surface and pedestal of Trajan's
Column...,
[Pl.
XIV]. Rome: Gio. Batti. Piranesi,
[1774-1779]. Plate mark: 23 x 32 5/8 inches. Sheet size: 31 1/8 x
42 1/8 inches.
Etching of
the pedestal of Trajan's Column is
from Piranesi's 'Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna
Coclide'.
The marble
slab in the lower right hand side
reads, "Victory's inscribing a shield between two trophies".
Originally situated in the center of Trajan's Forum, a sizeable
complex of buildings designed by the architect Apollodoro, the
column was erected in AD1036-133 to commemorate emperor Trajan's
triumph against the Dacians in two military campaigns he led in
AD101-102. Measuring 100 feet tall, it is covered by spiral
bas-relief sculptures depicting the two victories. After his death
in 117AD, Trajan's ashes were laid to rest inside the column's
pedestal.
Published
toward the end of Piranesi's career,
'Trofeo o sia Magnifica' is comprised of three series of plates
created between 1774 and 1779 that depict the colossal relief
columns of Rome: the Trajan column, the Antonine column (of Marcus
Aurelius), and the column of Antoninus and Faustina. With the
assistance of Francesco Piranesi, Giovanni Battista's son, and
Vincenzo Dolcibene, the three groups of plates were published as a
single volume.
'Trofeo
o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide',
the part devoted to Trajan's Column, was the first of the three
series to be completed (circa 1774) and was dedicated to Pope
Clement XIV.£365 inc
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images on request. This
price includes insured shipping so cheaper to collect or multiples
sent
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"Veduta
interna di una delle tre sale
sepulcrale credute della Famiglia di Augusto" Etching and
engraving, 237 x 351 mm (9 5/16 x 13 13/16 ") plus full margins.
With the inscription in a seperate plate below. A fine impression.
Slight age discolouration to edge of margins and slight toning to
page near crease plus minor edge tears to the page edge well away
from the plate/ image area .. £280 nice early copy on a heavy
rag
paper mounted etc shown full page
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print of .Rome
. Titled:" Spaccato degli speroni
i quali servono di contrafforti" . Published 1756 plate 8/Bk 2. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
This item
history : from *Roman Antiquity of
Giambatista Piranesi I plan Venetian. Second volume: *Containing
the remainders says' sepulchral monuments of Rome and of the Roman/
Giambattista Piranesi. - [Rome], 1756. ; 542 x 400 mm. - Image size
large folio, double sheets . . . . . . . . *Antichità Romane
di
Giambatista Piranesi architetto veneziano. Tomo quarto :
**Contenente gli avanzi de' monumenti sepolcrali di Roma e
dell'Agro Romano / Giambattista Piranesi. - [Roma] , 1756. . . . .
. . . . . . £85
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print of .Rome
. Titled:" *Pianta di una
fabbrica sepolcrale fuor di Porta Mag." . Published 1756 plate
25/Bk 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.
This item
history : from *Roman Antiquity of
Giambatista Piranesi I plan Venetian. Second volume: *Containing
the remainders says' sepulchral monuments of Rome and of the Roman/
Giambattista Piranesi. - [Rome], 1756. ; 542 x 400 mm. - Image size
large folio, double sheets . . . . . . . . *Antichità Romane
di
Giambatista Piranesi architetto veneziano. Tomo quarto :
**Contenente gli avanzi de' monumenti sepolcrali di Roma e
dell'Agro Romano / Giambattista Piranesi. - [Roma] , 1756. . . . .
. . . . . . £85
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print of .Rome
. Titled:" *Iscrizioni de'
soldati pretoriani, ..2" . Published 1756 plate 54/Bk 2
This item
history : from *Roman Antiquity of
Giambatista Piranesi I plan Venetian. Second volume: *Containing
the remainders says' sepulchral monuments of Rome and of the Roman/
Giambattista Piranesi. - [Rome], 1756. ; 542 x 400 mm. - Image size
large folio, double sheets . . . . . . . . *Antichità Romane
di
Giambatista Piranesi architetto veneziano. Tomo quarto :
**Contenente gli avanzi de' monumenti sepolcrali di Roma e
dell'Agro Romano / Giambattista Piranesi. - [Roma] , 1756. . . . .
. . . . . . £185
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print of .Rome
. Titled:" Pile Cinerarie di
marmo estifenti nella villa Corsini fuori di Pta S Pancazio.." .
Published 1756 plate 58/Bk 2
This item
history : from *Roman Antiquity of
Giambatista Piranesi I plan Venetian. Second volume: *Containing
the remainders says' sepulchral monuments of Rome and of the Roman/
Giambattista Piranesi. - [Rome], 1756. ; 542 x 400 mm. - Image size
large folio, double sheets . . . . . . . . *Antichità Romane
di
Giambatista Piranesi architetto veneziano. Tomo quarto :
**Contenente gli avanzi de' monumenti sepolcrali di Roma e
dell'Agro Romano / Giambattista Piranesi. - [Roma] , 1756. . . . .
. . . . . . £185.
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print of
.Various ornamentation
. . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . This item history : from Diversi
Ornati delle Pareti, Volte e Pavementi , esistienti nelle cammere
dela Casa di Capagnia di Pompeia by Piranesi translates as
"Different Decorated some Walls, Turns and Pavementi, existing in
the Cammere dela House of Capagnia of Pompeia, plus the decorations
from Francesco Piranesi " dated 1808 but could be slightly later
they are definitely from one of the Paris volumes produced by his
son from the original plates postumously***They are marked very
faintly Quevanne on some plates . . . . . so as to whether he recut
or cleaned the plates up . . this is extremely faint on some pics
non existant . I have seen this on other plates but err on the side
of caution £38
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print of
.Pompei / Pompei . Titled:" Nella Cassa
di campagnia A Pompei . . . . Piano Inferiore Volte . . . .2.
Published Paris, after 1808 but before 1810. folio . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . This item history : from Diversi
Ornati delle Pareti, Volte e Pavementi , esistienti nelle cammere
dela Casa di Capagnia di Pompeia by Piranesi translates as
"Different Decorated some Walls, Turns and Pavementi, existing in
the Cammere dela House of Capagnia of Pompeia, plus the decorations
from Francesco Piranesi " dated 1808 but could be slightly later
they are definitely from one of the Paris volumes produced by his
son from the original plates postumously***They are marked very
faintly Quevanne on some plates . . . . . so as to whether he recut
or cleaned the plates up . . this is extremely faint on some pics
non existent . I have seen this on other plates but err on the side
of caution and label appropriately £38
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Titled:" Nella
Cassa di campagnia A Pompei . . .
. Piano Inferiore Volte . . . .. Published Paris, after 1808 but
before 1810. folio
. . . . . . . .
. . This item history : from
Diversi Ornati delle Pareti, Volte e Pavementi , esistienti nelle
cammere dela Casa di Capagnia di Pompeia by Piranesi translates as
"Different Decorated some Walls, Turns and Pavementi, existing in
the Cammere dela House of Capagnia of Pompeia, plus the decorations
from Francesco Piranesi " dated 1808 but could be slightly later
they are definitely from one of the Paris volumes produced by his
son from the original plates postumously***They are marked very
faintly Quevanne on some plates . . . . . so as to whether he recut
or cleaned the plates up . . this is extremely faint on some pics
non existent . I have seen this on other plates but err on the side
of caution and label appropriately £38
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Titled:" Nella Cassa di campagnia A
Pompei . . Piano Superiore . Published Paris, after 1808 but before
1810. folio
. . . . . . . .
. This item history : from
Diversi Ornati delle Pareti, Volte e Pavementi , esistienti nelle
cammere dela Casa di Capagnia di Pompeia by Piranesi translates as
"Different Decorated some Walls, Turns and Pavementi, existing in
the Cammere dela House of Capagnia of Pompeia, plus the decorations
from Francesco Piranesi " dated 1808 but could be slightly later
they are definitely from one of the Paris volumes produced by his
son from the original plates postumously***They are marked very
faintly Quevanne on some plates . . . . . so as to whether he recut
or cleaned the plates up . . this is extremely faint on some pics
non existent . I have seen this on other plates but err on the side
of caution and label appropriately £38
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Original
Antiqe Engraved print of .Pompei /
Pompei . Titled:" Nella Cassa di campagnia A Pompei . . . . Piano
Superiore Parete D'una Stanza . Published Paris, after 1808 but
before 1810. folio
This item
history : from Diversi Ornati
delle Pareti, Volte e Pavementi , esistienti nelle cammere dela
Casa di Capagnia di Pompeia by Piranesi translates as "Different
Decorated some Walls, Turns and Pavementi, existing in the Cammere
dela House of Capagnia of Pompeia, plus the decorations from
Francesco Piranesi " dated 1808 but could be slightly later they
are definitely from one of the Paris volumes produced by his son
from the original plates postumously***They are marked very faintly
Quevanne on some plates . . . . . so as to whether he recut or
cleaned the plates up . . this is extremely faint on some pics non
existent . I have seen this on other plates but err on the side of
caution and label appropriately £38
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Titled:"
Nella Cassa di campagnia A Pompei . . .
Piano superiore Przioni . . . Published Paris, after 1808 but
before 1810. folio
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. . . . . . . . . . . This item
history : from Diversi Ornati delle Pareti, Volte e Pavementi ,
esistienti nelle cammere dela Casa di Capagnia di Pompeia by
Piranesi translates as "Different Decorated some Walls, Turns and
Pavementi, existing in the Cammere dela House of Capagnia of
Pompeia, plus the decorations from Francesco Piranesi " dated 1808
but could be slightly later they are definitely from one of the
Paris volumes produced by his son from the original plates
postumously***They are marked very faintly Quevanne on some plates
. . . . . so as to whether he recut or cleaned the plates up . .
this is extremely faint on some pics non existant . I have seen
this on other plates but err on the side of caution £38
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Titled:" ornati
esistienti in diverse Cammere
Mella Cassa di campagnia A Pompei . Published Paris, after 1808 but
before 1810. folio
. . .
. . . . . . This item history :
from Diversi Ornati delle Pareti, Volte e Pavementi , esistienti
nelle cammere dela Casa di Capagnia di Pompeia by Piranesi
translates as "Different Decorated some Walls, Turns and Pavementi,
existing in the Cammere dela House of Capagnia of Pompeia, plus the
decorations from Francesco Piranesi " dated 1808 but could be
slightly later they are definitely from one of the Paris volumes
produced by his son from the original plates postumously***They are
marked very faintly Quevanne on some plates . . . . . so as to
whether he recut or cleaned the plates up . . this is extremely
faint on some pics non existent . I have seen this on other plates
but err on the side of caution and label appropriately £38
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Titled:" Nella
Cassa di campagnia A Pompei . . .
. Piani inferiori . Published Paris, after 1808 but before 1810.
folio
. . . . . . . .
. This item history : from
Diversi Ornati delle Pareti, Volte e Pavementi , esistienti nelle
cammere dela Casa di Capagnia di Pompeia by Piranesi translates as
"Different Decorated some Walls, Turns and Pavementi, existing in
the Cammere dela House of Capagnia of Pompeia, plus the decorations
from Francesco Piranesi " dated 1808 but could be slightly later
they are definitely from one of the Paris volumes produced by his
son from the original plates postumously***They are marked very
faintly Quevanne on some plates . . . . . so as to whether he recut
or cleaned the plates up . . this is extremely faint on some pics
non existent . I have seen this on other plates but err on the side
of caution and label appropriately £38
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