Giovanni Battista Piranesi Etchings: Value & Auction Prices
1720–1778
Of the 429 lots by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (etchings) recorded at auction between 2003 and 2026, 269 found a buyer (63%). Across 269 sales with a published price, the typical result was $375Sign up free to see to $1.3kSign up free to see (median $618Sign up free to see). Carceri. D'Invenzione di G. Battista Piranesi Archit. Vene. holds the top price on file: $76.1kSign up free to see at Kornfeld (September 2024). Most results come from Bertolami Fine Art (87), Ketterer Kunst (64) and Sloans & Kenyon (43).
Giovanni Battista Piranesi etchings: key figures
- Auction results
- 429
- Sold rate
- 63%
- Active at auction
- 2003–2026
- Median price
- $618Sign up free to see
- Record price
- $76.1kSign up free to see Carceri. D'Invenzione di G. Battista Piranesi Archit. Vene., Kornfeld, Sep 2024
Top auction houses: Bertolami Fine Art (87), Ketterer Kunst (64), Sloans & Kenyon (43)
Price guide: what is a work by Giovanni Battista Piranesi worth? →
Selling? How to sell a work by Giovanni Battista Piranesi: free estimate, costs and timeline →
Need an appraisal for insurance? Request a written Giovanni Battista Piranesi appraisal →
Typical range is the middle half of priced sales (USD at the sale-date rate). Past auction results, not a valuation.
Price chart & statistics for Giovanni Battista Piranesi →
All etchings results
- Result not publishedEst. $300–500
- Result not publishedEst. $300–500
- Result not publishedEst. $500–700
- Vedute di Roma. Sammelband mit 38 Radierungen, 1745-1756, see listingCHF 15,000≈ $18,806≈ £13,887≈ €16,048Sign up free to see
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. MX$3,000–5,000
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. MX$3,000–5,000
- €550≈ $641≈ £477Sign up free to see
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. MX$18,000–22,000
- $650≈ £479≈ €556Sign up free to see
- $528≈ £390≈ €450Sign up free to see
- $1,080≈ £798≈ €921Sign up free to see
- $594≈ £439≈ €507Sign up free to see
- $1,143≈ £845≈ €975Sign up free to see
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €400–600
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €450–650
- Unsold / did not meet reserve
- Unsold / did not meet reserve
- Unsold / did not meet reserve
- Unsold / did not meet reserve
- Unsold / did not meet reserve
- Unsold / did not meet reserve
- Unsold / did not meet reserve
- Unsold / did not meet reserve
- Unsold / did not meet reserve
- Unsold / did not meet reserve
- Unsold / did not meet reserve
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €200–300
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €200–300
- $1,200≈ £876≈ €1,026Sign up free to see
- £1,536≈ $2,091≈ €1,801Sign up free to see
- Result not publishedEst. $300–500
- $175≈ £132≈ €154Sign up free to see
- £110≈ $146≈ €128Sign up free to see
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €450–650
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €400–600
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €800–1,600
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €1,500–3,000
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €600–800
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €2,000–4,000
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €2,000–4,000
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €2,000–4,000
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €2,000–4,000
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. MX$4,000–6,000
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. MX$4,000–6,000
- €400≈ $433≈ £335Sign up free to see
- €300≈ $325≈ £251Sign up free to see
- €900≈ $974≈ £753Sign up free to see
- £80≈ $103≈ €96Sign up free to see
- CHF 3,000≈ $3,411≈ £2,632≈ €3,130Sign up free to see
- Veduta del ponte, e del mausoleo, fabbricati da Elio Adriano Imp ("View of the bridge and mausoleum built by the Emperor Hadrian"). 1756After the artist$80≈ £62≈ €74Sign up free to see
![Veduta del Tempio di Giode Tonante [View of the Temple of Jupiter Tonans, or Jupiter the Thunderer], c. late 18th century, probably a lifetime Roman edition by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, etching with later handcoloring, impression, offered Jun 2025](/img/lot/cmun8kzd4q34mcn400rwb/thumb)
