Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1788)
“View of the bridge known as Ponte Molle” (aka “XXXIX. Scenographia
Pontis hodie Mollis ...”), 1762, lifetime impression from the the early Roman
edition, plate XXXIX (39) from the series, “Il Campo Marzio dell' Antica Roma,
Opera di G.B. Piranesi socio della reale società degli antiquari di Londra” (The
Campus Martius of Ancient Rome, the Work of G.B. Piranesi, Fellow of the Royal
Society of Antiquaries, London).”
Etching on coeval laid paper (3 cm chainlines, but without showing
the watermark, “double circle and lily with letters CB”) with full margins as
published.
Size: (sheet) 37.3 x 54.8 cm; (plate) 23.8 x
35.7; (image borderline) 22.2 x 35.1 cm.
Numbered on plate within the image borderline: (upper right
corner) “ Tab. XXXIX.”
Lettered on plate below the image borderline: (left) “Vide
indicem ruinar. num. 3.”; (centre) “Scenographia Pontis hodie Mollis, ostendens
quod remanserat antiqui operis cum a Nicolao V. Pont. Max. restitutus fuit. A.
Tiberis fluvius.”; (right) “Piranesi F.”
Wilton Ely II.655.600 (John Wilton-Ely 1994, “Giovanni
Battista Piranesi, The Complete Etchings”, vol. 2, San Francisco, Alan Wofsy,
p. 655, cat. no. 600); Taschen/Ficacci 522 (Luigi Ficacci 2011, “ Piranesi: The
Complete Etchings”, vol. 2, Cologne, Taschen, p. 417, cat. no. 522); Focillon
469; Giesecke 28, 118; Hind 85.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art offers a description of this
print:
Condition: a richly inked and
well-printed lifetime impression. Beyond a pin hole in the upper-right corner
of the margin and remnants of mounting verso, the sheet is in almost pristine
condition with no tears, folds, abrasions, stains, foxing or signs of handling.
I am selling this exceptionally
beautiful and rare etching by one of the most important printmakers of the 18th
century, for AU$714 (currently US$521.70/EUR440/GBP392.58 at the
time of this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to
anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by
some countries.
If you are interested in
purchasing this masterwork of etching—note how the well-lit areas of the
bridge are rendered with short fine lines spaced far apart while the deep shadows
are rendered with long thick lines close together—please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com)
and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.
This print has been sold
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