GiovanBattista PIRANESI (Mogliano Veneto 1720 - Rome 1778) "View of the interior of the Flavian Amphitheater called the Colosseum" Original etching signed in the plate on the bottom right "Cav. Piranesi made "from the series" Views of Rome designed and engraved by Giambattista Piranesi Venetian Architect ", engraved in 1766 as shown in the Catalog printed in Rome in 1792. Beautiful specimen in the third state of five, with the sign of the breaking of the slab in the corner bottom left, coeval Roman edition, printed with perfect inking on thick laid paper bearing the filigree "Lily in the double circle surmounted by the letter B", typical of Roman papermaking production of the 18th century, with large margins slightly burnished beyond the imprint of the slab, the usual trace of central vertical fold visible mainly on the reverse, in an almost perfect general state of conservation. Bibliography: Hind “GiovanBattista Piranesi, A critical study” London 1922 n ° 78. Measurements in mm: 460 x 698