MBA002: Lot 50. PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista.

This edifice, known as a temple to Salus, goddess of public health, the daughter of Aesculapius, was actually a tomb, built in 312 AD, outside the city on the via Latina, the road to Albano. It is typically exaggerated in scale to emphasise the commanding style, itself accurately rendered. For the “”Veduta di Roma””, posthumous Rome edition.

Description

from the Rome edition of 'Vedute di Roma', etching with engraving, on thick laid paper with a rampant lion in crowned shield watermark, a posthumous issue between the 1st and 2nd states, 410 x 560 mm., a central vertical fold, binding perforations in the left margin, a small rust spot, [H.71 I/II; F.776; WE.204]

Bibliography

F.776; H.71 between I & II; W-E.204.