PIRANESI Giovanni Battista (Mogliano Veneto 1720 1778 Venice) - "Obelisco Egizio". 1759. Plate from the suite "Vedute di Roma". Original etching and burin engraving. Reference: Focillon, n°800, Hind, n°53. Proof of the 2nd state 5 (with address and price "Presso l'autore a Strada Felice nel Palazzo Tomati vicino alla Trinita de monti A paoli due e mezzo"), on watermarked laid paper (Fleur de lys in a double circle). Good margins. The Egizio obelisk, from the series Vedute di Roma, represents the Lateran obelisk, the largest obelisk in the world, first built during the reign of Thutmose III (1504-1450 BC), and erected in the Karnak temple complex during the reign of his grandson, Tuthmoses IV. 71,5 x 48,5 cm. Condition B (Trace of original median horizontal fold and old restorations).