Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 Mogliano - 1778 Rome) "Veduta della Piazza di Monte Cavallo". Original title Etching/handmade paper (watermark with lily), c. 1760-1778. Inscribed "Piranesi del. et sculp." and with title and explanation below, also with Piranesi's publisher's address and price "Presso l'Autore a Strada Felice vicino alla Trinità de' monti. A paoli due e mezzo". Sheet 9 from the series "Vedute die Roma". Impressive view of today's Piazza del Quirinale, dominated by the two monumental statues of the Dioscuri - Castor and Pollux - as horse tamers, whose plasticity is further emphasised by the rays of the setting sun. Wvz. Hind 15. depiction 37 cm x 54.4 cm. Plate 39.2 cm x 55 cm. Sheet 48.8 cm x 65.4 cm. Frame. Etching on laid paper (watermark with lily), circa 1760-1778. Plate 9 from the series "Vedute die Roma".