Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Six plates from Vedute di Roma 6
Estimate: 1.800 - 2.500 GBP
Price realised: 4.480 GBP
Price realised: 4.480 GBP
Description
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)
Six plates from Vedute di Roma
Three first state etchings: St Peter's with forecourt and colonnades, 1772; St. Peter's with forecourt and colonnades - Bird's-eye view, 1775; Santa Maria Maggiore Interior, 1768; one second state: St. Peter's Interior: Beneath the dome, 1773; two third states: The Colosseum Interior, 1766; Santa Costanza, 1756; all on heavy laid paper, within gilded wooden frames
Plate 46 x 70cm (18 1/8 x 27 1/2in);
Sheet 52 x 76cm (20 1/2 x 29 7/8in) (6)
With Colnaghi Gallery, London, where purchased by the family of the current owner
Six plates from Vedute di Roma
Three first state etchings: St Peter's with forecourt and colonnades, 1772; St. Peter's with forecourt and colonnades - Bird's-eye view, 1775; Santa Maria Maggiore Interior, 1768; one second state: St. Peter's Interior: Beneath the dome, 1773; two third states: The Colosseum Interior, 1766; Santa Costanza, 1756; all on heavy laid paper, within gilded wooden frames
Plate 46 x 70cm (18 1/8 x 27 1/2in);
Sheet 52 x 76cm (20 1/2 x 29 7/8in) (6)
With Colnaghi Gallery, London, where purchased by the family of the current owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by 79 %.
This artwork by Giovanni Battista Piranesi achieved an unexpectedly high price at Bonhams in London in December this year. In the The Grand Tour Sale auction, the work Six plates from Vedute di Roma 6 sold for GBP 4,480.00 (€ 5,160.79) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 2,500.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Giovanni Battista Piranesi achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work An architectural fantasy: the entrance to a palace with a monumental staircase by a fountain in January 2001 with an auction result of USD 358,000.00 (€ 384,615.38).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 79 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Giovanni Battista Piranesi erzielte im Dezember diesen Jahres bei Bonhams in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Grand Tour Sale wurde die Arbeit Six plates from Vedute di Roma 6 für GBP 4.480,00 (€ 5.160,79) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 2.500,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Giovanni Battista Piranesi erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit An architectural fantasy: the entrance to a palace with a monumental staircase by a fountain im Januar 2001 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 358.000,00 (€ 384.615,38).
Giovanni Battista Piranesi - Auction history
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