# Giovanni Battista Piranesi - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T04:58:12.435Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 2,316
- Lots with prices: 1,650
- First auction date: 1989-07-04
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-26
- Median realised price: $500
- Price range: $10 to $358,000

## Market Takeaway
Giovanni Battista Piranesi shows very deep auction liquidity with 2,307 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $504. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 226 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-02-06.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($504\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $300 and $1,100.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 72.6% (1,192 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 24.1% (395 sales)
- $10,000\+: 3.3% (54 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 226
- Previous 12 months sales: 224
- Recent 12 months median: $600
- Previous 12 months median: $450
- Median shift: 33.3%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-06
- Days since latest sale: 12
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 138 lots
- Gonnelli Casa d'Aste: 137 lots
- Bonhams: 132 lots
- Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l.: 73 lots
- Einszwei Gallery: 50 lots
- Karl & Faber: 49 lots
- Winterberg\-Kunst: 43 lots
- Tajan: 42 lots
- Sloans & Kenyon: 41 lots
- Dorotheum: 38 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-01-01 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi \(Italian 1720\-1778\) "Pianta di Roma e del Campo Marzio. Rome" circa 1774 Large map of ancient and modern Rome with extensive letterpress\-style index surrounding the central plan, executed in... | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $2,250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-giovanni-battista-piranesi-italian-1720-1778-pianta-di-roma-e-del-campo-marzio-rome-circa-1774-large-map-of-ancient-and-modern-rome-with-extensive-letterpress-style-index-surrounding-the-central-plan-executed-in-391-c-9dfb0ebc7d
2. 2025-12-09 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi \- Antiquities of Albano and of Castel Gandolfo | Old Master Print | N/A
3. 2025-12-02 | 2 Piranesi Etchings Columns | Willow Auction House | $250
4. 2026-03-26 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian Engraving | MiddleManBrokers | $40 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-giovanni-battista-piranesi-italian-engraving-315-c-2ce4edf02d
5. 2026-03-26 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian Engraving 28" | MiddleManBrokers | $40 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-giovanni-battista-piranesi-italian-engraving-28-314-c-bae1d3d726
6. 2026-02-06 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi \(1720\-1788\) "The Sawhorse" | Neue Auctions | $1,100
7. 2026-02-05 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi \(1720–1778\) | NEO Enchères | €120
8. 2026-01-28 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi \(1720\-1778\), etching, The pyramid of Caius Cestius 40cm x 53cm | Mallams | £480
9. 2026-01-28 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi \(1720\-1778\) etching, The Temple of Vespian 39cm x 59cm and an interior view of Basilica of Saint Peter 40cm x 59cm \(2\) | Mallams | £580
10. 2026-01-21 | GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI \(Italy, 1720\-1778\), "Colonna Antonina", 1758., Etching with hand coloring, 21.5" x 15.75". Framed 32.5" x 26.75". | Sandwich Auction House | $150
11. 2026-01-16 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi \(Italian, 1720\-1778\), Two Copper Plate Etchings on Paper, First\- H.\- 17 3/8 in., W.\- 27 3/8 in., Matted\- H.\- 29 3/8 in., W.\- 33 7/8 in.; Second\- Sight\- H.\- 19 1/2 in., W.\- 27 1/2 in., Framed\- H | Crescent City Auction Gallery | $768
12. 2025-12-21 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi \(1720\-1778\), Engraving of The Warwick Vase | Locati LLC | $375
13. 2025-12-20 | Giovanni Battista PIRANESI \(1720\-1778\), d'aprèsBelle suite de six gravures | Osenat | €600
14. 2025-12-12 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi \(Italy, 1720\-1778\), View of the Villa Albani and gardens, Rome, etching on wove paper, 20 x 29 in \(51 x 74cm\) | Andrew Jones Auctions | $250
15. 2025-12-11 | View of the ruins of two Triclinia which belonged to the Golden House of Nero. | Arenberg Auctions | €350
16. 2025-12-09 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi \(Italian 1720\-1778\), Portrait of Pope Clemens, Etching by Piranesi and Dominicus Cunego \(Italian 1727\-1803\), Frame: 20 x 14 1/4 in. \(50.8 x 36.2 cm.\) | Weschler's | $25 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-giovanni-battista-piranesi-italian-1720-1778-portrait-of-pope-clemens-etching-by-piranesi-and-dominicus-cunego-italian-1727-1803-frame-20-x-14-1-4-in-50-8-x-36-2-cm-331-c-d2ad98b5bc
17. 2025-12-09 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi \- Palazzo della Consulta on the Quirinal | Old Master Print | N/A
18. 2025-12-09 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi \- Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli | Old Master Print | €400
19. 2025-12-07 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi | Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden | €800
20. 2025-12-07 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi | Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden | €550
21. 2025-12-07 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi | Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden | N/A
22. 2025-12-07 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi | Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden | €550
23. 2025-12-07 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi | Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden | €600
24. 2025-12-07 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi | Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden | N/A

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