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If my eyes are NOT decieving me I think this is a first or second state Piranesi. Certainly my biggest find ever! [ATTACH]
Moment of truth coming up... [ATTACH]
Oh, how magnificent! Congratulations, it's beautiful.
The most recent artwork I snatched up on the second hand market. To me this seem to be equal to the first 1695 engraving and if so its a lovely...
And you own both?
Beautiful! So how many prints are there in total in this book?
And perhaps my favorite: [IMG]
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I do have a 1000+ of these so if anyone wants me to post more pictures in case they may discover some new art I could do that. Just let me know if...
Thats my greatest joy with these, finding works I never knew about.
One of my Rubens. Hand colored. [IMG]
Unsure if this is of interest to anyone but I am a sucker for these and can get lost in them for hours so thought i'd share some of them in case...
Could I possibly ask you to have a look at the print in this thread to @Ex Libris?...
As long as its from the original plate i'll be happy. Apparently there were 5 runs made. The first two/three while Giovanni himself was alive and...
I believe I would yeah. I'll post some pictures in two days to see if we find some answers with more evidence!
Thank you Ex Libris! So on current evidence you would say its likely genuine? If it is genuine I got it extremely cheap. 80 dollars I paid for it.
Thank you! The piece will arrive in a couple of days so i'll be sure to take a much closer look then. I am hoping to find inscriptions and...
Size is a match. And the plate imprint looks identical with genuine and known examples so that is a good sign.
I should be waiting until I have better pictures here but am hopeful about this one so i'll post it now if anyone is interested and add additional...
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