View of the Cave known as Bergantino
View of the Cave known as Bergantino is an original etching realized by the italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1762.
Very precoius and rare specimen. Roman edition.
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View of the Cave known as Bergantino is an original etching realized by the italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1762.
Very precoius and rare specimen. Roman edition.
Complete title on the lower margin of plate: Veduta della Spelonca detta il Bergantino presso l'imbacco dell' Emissario del lago Albano
Reference:
Cat. Ficacci Ed. Taschen n.547
Cat.Focillon 494
The state of preservation of the artwork is good except for very light folds and foxings
The print is characterized by soft and delicate strokes that define the composition in a balance and harmony
Giovanni Battista Piranesi is well-known as an architect, an archaeologist and, undoubtedly as the most important engraver of the 18th century: the leading artist in this field in the period going from Rembrandt to Goya.
Generations after him would continue to imagine Ancient Rome as he portrayed it in his magnificent “ Vedute ”. In the last period, Piranesi’s activities, above all as an editor, were characterised by a more commercial flavour. By this time he was already very famous, and created the series of decorative plates of antiquities, collected in his work “Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi pubblicati l’anno MDCCLXXIIX”, 1778, (Vases, candelabras, grave,stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps, and ornaments designed and etched by Cav. Gio.Batt. Piranesi, published in the year 1778), printed and integrated by his son Francesco.
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