The Pier with Chains, from: Carceri d'Invenzione Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Plate XVI from: Carceri d’Invenzione. A very good, richly inked lifetime impression of Robison’s first state (of six), printing with strong contrasts, with only two men descending the staircase in the foreground, and with ink dabbing on the diagonal beam at upper left and on the round pier below. From the First Edition, First through Third Issues, published in Rome circa 1749–60. With wide margins. – With the characteristic flattened central fold. With a few faint, scattered brown spots and with binding holes along the left edge. A small tear at the lower edge. Otherwise in very good condition. Extremely rare in this early state. | 1720 Venice - Rome 1778 | 15.-18. Jahrhundert | Druckgrafik | Nummer: 26x1366

Stima:€6,000

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