A Gentleman Library 2020-01-06 Auction - 100 Price Results - Lot-Art in NL - Page 2
GIOVANNI B. PIRANESI (ITALY 1720-1778)View of the city of Venice, Braun & Hogenberg, 1581Prospect of the city of Rome from the Monte Gianicolo
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
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A Gentleman Library

A collection of antique maps and etchings from 19th to 16th century.
Blaeu Joan: Ischia Island, 1662: Original hand coloured copper engraving map of the Italian island of Ischia with the Peninsula of Capo Miseno and the Island of Procida surrounded by the Tyrrhenian Sea. Title cartouche upper right;
0026: Blaeu Joan: Ischia Island, 1662Est. €240-€450Lot Passed
THE SMALL WATERFALL AND RAPIDS AT TIVOLI: Piranesi, Giovanni. Year 1769. Title on stone lower right: "Veduta delle Cascatelle a Tivoli". View from the series "Views of Rome", First Roman Edition, before the numbers. Etching on paper, Plate
0027: THE SMALL WATERFALL AND RAPIDS AT TIVOLIEst. €700-€900Lot Passed
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The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Motley John Lothrop: Year1861. 3 volumes. (Small 8vo) 18x11.5 cm (7x4½"), later full polished green calf, spines gilt, brown morocco labels, all edges marbled. A prize binding, with the arms of the Brentwood School
0030: The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Motley John LothropEst. €100-€200
BASILICA OF S. LORENZO FUORI LE MURA: Piranesi, Giovanni. Year 1750. From the series "Views of Rome", Roman Edition with address and price; Etching on paper, Plate Size: 15 X 26 inch.
0031: BASILICA OF S. LORENZO FUORI LE MURAEst. €700-€900Lot Passed
John Speed:The Turkish Empire, Year 1626: Double-page folio copper-plate engraving on laid paper, hand-colored, eight views of Turkish cities and ten examples of local dress along the edges; no text on verso; the sheet quite toned, 20 3/4 x
0032: John Speed:The Turkish Empire, Year 1626Est. €600-€900Lot Passed
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Pierre Mortier Obeliscus Pamphilius, Year 1705: Based on the original by Joan Blaeu, architectural view of the monument now known as the Obelisk of Domitian. It is shown after it had been relocated to the Piazza Navona in Rome and placed atop
0037: Pierre Mortier Obeliscus Pamphilius, Year 1705Est. €140-€250
HADRIAN'S VILLA: THE SO-CALLED POECILE: Piranesi, Giovanni. Year 1770. From the series "Views of Rome", Roman Edition, before the numbers; Title towards right below: Veduta degli Avanzi del castro Pretorio nella Villa Adriana Tivoli.
0039: HADRIAN'S VILLA: THE SO-CALLED POECILEEst. €600-€800Lot Passed
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The Pyramid of Caius Cestius, Piranesi G.B. 1756: Plate XL. Tom.III from series "Roman Antiquities" View of The Pyramid of Caius Cestius. by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Etching on Paper, size 37.5 cm x 59.5 cm
0040: The Pyramid of Caius Cestius, Piranesi G.B. 1756Est. €700-€900
View of the Remains of the Forum of Nerva: Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Year 1770. Copper engraving etching 48 x 71 cm 47x71cm Veduta Degli Avanzi del Foro di Nerva from the series "Views of Rome". Size 560 x 788 mm (sheet)
0041: View of the Remains of the Forum of NervaEst. €900-€1,200Lot Passed
View of the Gate of the City of Pompeii: Piranesi, Francesco. Year 1788/89. As the successor of his late father Giovanni Battista, Piranesi F. etchings are very similar for their dramatic lighting and methodology to the works of the Father.
0044: View of the Gate of the City of PompeiiEst. €600-€900Lot Passed
Veduta dell'anvanzo laterale del portico: Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Year 1756. View of the remains of the temple of Antoninus, from the Book "the Antiquities of Rome", Tav. XIII, Fig. II. Etching on paper, Size 130 x 207 mm.
0045: Veduta dell'anvanzo laterale del porticoEst. €200-€300Lot Passed