Piranesi, 2 engravings
Updated September 24, 2026
| Lot number | 99 |
| Estimate | 200.00 - 400.00 USD |
| Category | Fine Art & Prints |
| Auction | Fall Rare Books, Manuscripts, Historical Prints, & Ephemera |
| Date | October 8, 2026 at 10:30 AM EDT |
| Auction house | Quinn's Auction Galleries |
| Location | Falls Church, Virginia |
PIARANESI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. 1. "Remains of the Temple of Cybele. (Avanzi del Tempio di Cibele.)", 7 7/8 x 5 3/8 inches, copperplate engraving from Le Antichità Romane (Roman Antiquity), signed in plate l.r. "Piranesi Architett. dis. e inc." Focillon 185, Wilton-Ely 311. 2. "Remains of the Neronian Theater on the Palatine(Avanzo del Teatro Neroniano domestico sul Palatino)", 7 11/16 x 5 1/4 inches, copperplate engraving from "Le Antichità Romane I," Volume 1, signed in plate l.l. ‘Piranesi Archit. dis. e inc.’ Focillon 212, Wilton-Ely 347. TOGETHER, 2 items, ca.1800-1807, individually matted and framed. Condition: Foxing, unexamined out of frames.
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