After Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), 1758 Colonna Trajana from Vedute di Roma titled and inscribed '1. Bucca fatta scavare da Sisto V. con recinto di muro, e scala, che descende al piano della Colonna. / 2. Chiese del Nome di Maria. / 3. Palazzo Bonelli / Presso l'autore a Strada Felice nel Palazzo Tomati vicino alla Trinita dei monti' (printed in the plate, lower left and right) etching on paper plate size 53.3 x 6.3 cm (21 x 16 in). framed 108.0 x 81.0 x 3.5 cm (42 1/2 x 31 15/16 x 1 3/8 in). Footnotes: Provenance Arader Galleries, New York, New York, 4 December 1998. The collection of Eric van Rooy. N.B. The inscription translates to 'Bucca dug by Sixtus V. with walls and staircase, descending to the bottom of the Column. / 2. Churches of Mary. / 3. Palazzo Bonelli / At the author's house on the Strada Felice (now Via Sistina) in the Palazzo Tomati near the Trinità dei Monti'. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing