Part of the ancient Appian Way about three miles outside Porta S. Sebastiano
„Parte dell`antica via Appia fuori di Porta S. Sebastiano circa tre miglia.“
Daylight illuminates the overgrown ruins of the historical Appian Way (Via Appian). In the foreground, a group of travellers resting.
Copper engraving, first published in 1748, here around 1765, from "Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali..." by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778), signed in the plate: Piranesi fecit, upper left: Tav 30
Sheet size: 30,5 x 46 cm; Print site. 14 x 27 cm
Detailed, nuanced impression on strong laid paper, wide paper margins, very good condition.
€ 650,-
Lit.: Focillon 59; Wilton-Ely: Piranesi 123
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