Veduta di Villa Ludovisi (with an earlier view by Israel Silvestre)
Artist: G. B. Piranesi
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778), etching, 1748 [signed in the plate lower left, and titled]. References: Wilton-Ely 87, Focillon 90. First Edition. From Varie Veduti de Roma Anticha e Moderna. In very good condition, stray spots of oil mostly on verso not affecting image, a written number in margin upper right, 4 3/4 x 7 3/4, the sheet 8 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches. A fine early lifetime example from this series of small plates made early in Piranesi’s career. Printed in black on a firm cream laid paper. The plates of the Views of Ancient and Modern Rome were made [...]