PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720–1778) – “Veduta del Porto di Ripa Grande” (View of the Port of Ripa Grande). c. 1753. Original etching. Proof from the 3rd state out of 6, with the barge in the center of the composition erased and the price removed, on laid paper with a watermark (double circle), with the address “Presso l’Autore a Strada Felice nel Palazzo Tomati vicino alla Trinità dei Monti A Paole due e mezzo.” Ref.: Hind, no. 27 (iii/vi). Plate from the “Vedute di Roma” series. Good margins. 55 x 80 cm. Condition A/B (slight trace of an original vertical fold down the center, a few light foxing spots in the good margins, binding holes in the left margin, and a short tear in the lower margin).