Opere del Signor Piranesi che sono state pubblicate fino all’Anno 1762 [1762]

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Piranesi opened his own shop in the Strada Felice near the Trinità dei Monti in 1761. At that time, he engraved a catalog print advertising his works for sale. In one of the earliest states of that catalog, on view in this exhibition, the list of his available vedute ends with the view of the Pantheon. At the end of 1762, Piranesi issued this small price sheet, printed in letterpress, listing those same works—except by then he had made another one. At the end of the list, there is a handwritten annotation: Del Tempio della Sibilla in Tivoli, the latest view Piranesi had finished. On the reverse of this sheet is a prospectus for his book Della Magnificenza, printed in French and Italian, that describes his position in an ongoing cultural debate. This sheet is the only recorded version of this price list, issued early in the artist’s career.

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Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778—Della magnificenza e architettura de' Romani
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Leaf torn from an unidentified publication, with a list of works by Piranesi available from Tomati. Prospectus on verso in Italian and French for Piranesi's Della magnificenza e architettura de' Romani.
GAX copy: Title of next print to be published, "Del tempio della Sibilla in Tivoli," added in Piranesi's hand at end of list.

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Graphic Arts Collection, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

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