Giovanni Battista Piranesi Etchings: Value & Auction Prices
1720–1778
Of the 461 lots by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (etchings) recorded at auction between 2003 and 2026, 298 found a buyer (65%). Across 298 sales with a published price, the typical result was $351Sign up free to see to $1.2kSign up free to see (median $590Sign 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
- 461
- Sold rate
- 65%
- Active at auction
- 2003–2026
- Median price
- $590Sign 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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Typical range is the middle half of priced sales (USD at the sale-date rate). Past auction results, not a valuation.
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All etchings results
- £110≈ $137≈ €129Sign up free to see
- $100≈ £79≈ €92Sign up free to see
- $461≈ £365≈ €426Sign up free to see
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €40–50
- £400≈ $509≈ €468Sign up free to see
- £600≈ $763≈ €702Sign up free to see
- £1,700≈ $2,162≈ €1,988Sign up free to see
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £150–250
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £200–300
- Result not publishedEst. $200–400
- Result not publishedEst. $200–400
- Result not publishedEst. $200–400
- Result not publishedEst. $150–300
- €1,900≈ $2,054≈ £1,626Sign up free to see
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €80–120
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €180–250
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €200–300
- €190≈ $206≈ £162Sign up free to see
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €80–120
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €100–150
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €100–150
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €100–150
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €100–150
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €100–150
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €100–150
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €100–150
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €200–300
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €200–300
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €200–300
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €200–300
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €200–300
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €400–500
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €300–400
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €300–400
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €300–400
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €300–400
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €300–400
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €300–400
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €300–400
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €400–500
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €1,000–1,500
- Carceri d'invenzioneAfter the artist£10≈ $13≈ €12Sign up free to see
- $1,200≈ £947≈ €1,110Sign up free to see
- €1,254≈ $1,360≈ £1,074Sign up free to see
- $650≈ £511≈ €594Sign up free to see
- $5,000≈ £3,927≈ €4,570Sign up free to see
- Result not publishedEst. $600–1,000
- Result not publishedEst. $400–700
- Result not publishedEst. $400–700
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €200–400
![Veduta del Palazzo Farnese [View of the Palazzo Farnese] by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, etching on laid paper, fleur de lis and B watermark in the left side of the, offered Mar 2024](/img/lot/cmuna6wha2rj8ntquyqah/thumb)
![Veduta degli Avanzi del Tablino della Casa Aurea di Nerone [View of Remains of the Dining Room of the Golden House of Nero] by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, etching on laid paper, no watermark visible in the margins, impression, offered Mar 2024](/img/lot/cmuna6wh9wsauurctputd/thumb)
![Arco di Settimio Severo [Arch of Septimius Severus] by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, etching on laid paper, no watermark visible in the margins, impression, offered Mar 2024](/img/lot/cmuna6wh9e5ntrp7hrxus/thumb)
![Arco di Settimio Severo [Arch of Septimius Severus] by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, etching on heavy wove paper, no watermark visible in the margins, impression, offered Mar 2024](/img/lot/cmuna6wh8i7mrqboj6b9n/thumb)
![Veduta dell' Anfiteatro Flavio, detto il Colosseo [View of the Flavian Amphitheatre, known as the Colosseum] by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c.1757, etching on heavy wove paper, impression, offered Dec 2023](/img/lot/cmunb8bm4xewvy1bztiyv/thumb)
