Giovanni Battista Piranesi Etchings: Value & Auction Prices
1720–1778
Of the 452 lots by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (etchings) recorded at auction between 2003 and 2026, 289 found a buyer (64%). Across 289 sales with a published price, the typical result was $352Sign up free to see to $1.2kSign up free to see (median $600Sign 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
- 452
- Sold rate
- 64%
- Active at auction
- 2003–2026
- Median price
- $600Sign 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)
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All etchings results
- Result not publishedEst. $200–400
- Result not publishedEst. $300–600
- Result not publishedEst. $200–400
- Result not publishedEst. $200–400
- Result not publishedEst. $200–300
- Result not publishedEst. $200–300
- Result not publishedEst. $150–250
- Result not publishedEst. $200–300
- $350≈ £270≈ €325Sign up free to see
- €360≈ $392≈ £301Sign up free to see
- £200≈ $261≈ €239Sign up free to see
- £180≈ $235≈ €215Sign up free to see
- £1,100≈ $1,434≈ €1,316Sign up free to see
- £1,600≈ $2,085≈ €1,914Sign up free to see
- UntitledAfter the artist$400≈ £306≈ €366Sign up free to see
- Result not publishedEst. €1,800–2,500
- Arco di Rimini etchingAfter the artistResult not publishedEst. $60–120
- Result not publishedEst. $300–600
- Result not publishedEst. $600–900
- Result not publishedEst. $300–600
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €80–120
- Carceri. D'Invenzione di G. Battista Piranesi Archit. Vene., 1745, revised 1760CHF 65,000≈ $76,063≈ £58,317≈ €69,048Sign up free to see
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. MX$4,000–6,000
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. MX$4,000–6,000
- MX$3,500≈ $178≈ £135≈ €160Sign up free to see
- MX$3,800≈ $193≈ £146≈ €174Sign up free to see
- MX$3,500≈ $178≈ £135≈ €160Sign up free to see
- $50≈ £38≈ €45Sign up free to see
- Result not publishedEst. $300–500
- Result not publishedEst. $300–500
- £2,048≈ $2,602≈ €2,418Sign up free to see
- $325≈ £257≈ €304Sign up free to see
- $475≈ £376≈ €444Sign up free to see
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €500–
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €350–
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €400–
- €300≈ $321≈ £253Sign up free to see
- Result not publishedEst. $200–400
- $275≈ £216≈ €256Sign up free to see
- Result not publishedEst. $600–900
- Result not publishedEst. $300–600
- Result not publishedEst. $300–600
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. CHF 500–800
- €6,350≈ $6,868≈ £5,404Sign up free to see
- Result not publishedEst. $300–600
- Result not publishedEst. $900–1,500
- Result not publishedEst. $300–600
- Colonna Trajana from Vedute di RomaAfter the artist$384≈ £307≈ €358Sign up free to see
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €400–500
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €400–500
![Veduta interna della Basilica di S. Maria Maggiore [Interior View of the Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore] by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, etching on heavy wove paper, , impression, offered Oct 2024](/img/lot/cmuna6v90scsx5qpkqbff/thumb)
![Veduta interna della Basilica di S. Giovanni Laterano [Interior View of the Basilica of St. John Lateran] by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, etching on laid paper, , impression, offered Oct 2024](/img/lot/cmuna6v90d4g9vd4y6ool/thumb)
![Veduta del Ponte Salario [View of the Ponte Salario] by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, etching on laid paper, , impression, offered Oct 2024](/img/lot/cmuna6v8zuydagr509idq/thumb)
![Obelisco Egizio [Egyptian Obelisk erected by Pope Sixtus V] by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, etching on laid paper, , impression, offered Oct 2024](/img/lot/cmuna6v8yd5g0ict6iwi9/thumb)
![Veduta del Porto di Ripa Grande [Port of Ripa Grande] by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, etching on laid paper, impression, offered Oct 2024](/img/lot/cmuna6v8tpwywr8v8ytxa/thumb)
![Veduta del Monumento eretto dall'Imperador Tito [Monument of Titus] by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, etching on laid paper, impression, offered Oct 2024](/img/lot/cmuna6v8sghjxsrk27blm/thumb)
![Veduta del Sepolcro di Cajo Cestio [Pyramind of Cestius] by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, etching on laid paper, impression, offered Oct 2024](/img/lot/cmuna6v8srvjwl27cxiai/thumb)
![Altra veduta interna della villa di Mecenate in Tivoli [Interior of Villa in Tivoli] by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, etching on laid paper, impression, offered Oct 2024](/img/lot/cmuna6v8rpse35saqnw0s/thumb)
![Veduta in prospettiva della Gran Fontana dell'acqua Vergine detta di Trevi architettura di Nicola Salvi, [..] by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, incisione acquerellata, offered Sep 2024](/img/lot/cmun5e2xpj0u08lcmb2ip/thumb)
![Veduta dell'Arco di Constantino [View of the Arch of Constantine] by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, etching on laid paper, dovecote and text watermarks, impression, offered Sep 2024](/img/lot/cmuna6vpo0hfux3y3cvbu/thumb)
![Veduta del Romano Campidoglio con Scalinata che va alla Chiesa d'Araceli [Capitoline Hill with the Steps to S. Maria in Aracoeli] by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, etching on laid paper, oval shaped watermark in the center right, impression, offered Sep 2024](/img/lot/cmuna6vpo1rphyicfvxbv/thumb)
![Veduta del Castello dell'Acqua Felice [View of the Fountainhead of the Acqua Felice] by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, etching on laid paper, no watermark visible in the margins, impression, offered Sep 2024](/img/lot/cmuna6vpnssc5b45rqgmd/thumb)
![Veduta di Piazza Navona sopra le Rovine del Circo Agonale II [View of Piazza Navona] by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, etching on laid paper, no watermark visible in the margins, impression, offered Jun 2024](/img/lot/cmuna6w1zqggye9vp17en/thumb)
![Veduta della Facciata di Dietro della Basilica di S. Maria Maggiore [Rear View of the Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore] by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, etching on laid paper, no watermark visible in the margins, impression, offered Jun 2024](/img/lot/cmuna6w1x48trdrqu17q7/thumb)
![Colonna Antonina [The Column of Marcus Aurelius] by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, etching on laid paper, fleur de lis watermark, impression, offered Jun 2024](/img/lot/cmuna6w1xpwbgtbxflbzm/thumb)
![Veduta di Campo Vaccino [View of the Campo Vaccino, Roman Forum] by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, etching on laid paper, no watermark visible in the margins, impression, offered Apr 2024](/img/lot/cmuna6wfq0bapw7harzr9/thumb)
![Veduta del Pantheon d'Agrippa, oggi Chiesa di S. Maria ad Martyres [View of the Pantheon] by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, etching, impression, offered Apr 2024](/img/lot/cmuna6wfqy6b0vka0qagq/thumb)
![Veduta del Campidoglio di Fianco [Side View of the Captioline Hill] by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, etching on laid paper, Fin T Dupuy Auvergne watermark, impression, offered Apr 2024](/img/lot/cmuna6wfp1tc1i6fhpc2x/thumb)
