Piranesi: Veduta dell' Arco di Settimio Severo

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Piranesi : Veduta dell' Arco di Settimio Severo

Copper Engraving, Image Size : 466x693 (mm), 18.35x27.28 (Inches), Platemark Size : 476x704 (mm), 18.74x27.72 (Inches), Paper Size : 516x739 (mm), 20.31x29.09 (Inches), Black & White, Very Good; printed on thick mid-18th century laid paper.

According to Hind, this example is from the first printing in 1772 in Rome, before the first state (Paris 1st edition). It appears in Piranesi's 'Vedute di Roma'. However, the watermark matches one depicted in Wilton-Ely from the 1760s.

Without numbers in the upper right margin. Signed by "Cavalier Piranesi" in the lower left.

Hind 65; Wilton-Ely I:232.

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