Live auction - Lot 113
[Italian]
Classical sculptures.
1781-1792
€ 1.000 / 1.500
Live bidding (Drouot*) Live bidding (Invaluable*)Bidding is closed
Lot description
6 engravings, ca. 49 x 33 cm, thick laid paper (66 x 46 cm) with watermark (Wilton-Ely 1154:12), signed and dated in the plate at lower right "Cavalier Piranesi F." (clear foxing, soiling and waterstaining along margin, occ. tear).
Bound in thick blue grey paper wrapper.
Nice collection of engravings depicting antique sculptures, including Venus de' Medici, Farnese Hercules, Farnese Flora, Ludovisi Ares, Ludovisi Gaul and Orestes and Electra.
Joined: Idem - A tripode. Engraving, 52 x 38 cm, thick laid paper with watermark (Wilton-Ely 1154:3 or 4), signed in the plate in the lower left corner, numbered in pen "94" in the top right corner (horiz. fold, sl. torn). Ref. Wilton-Ely 989. (7 pcs)