PIRANESI. Veduta del Palazzo fabbricato sul Quirinale... Lot 51

PIRANESI. Veduta del Palazzo fabbricato sul Quirinale per le Segreterie de Brevi et della Sacra Consulta. Etching, 615x380 mm. Wide margins. State II/VI. Contemporary Roman issue. Good condition. Piranesi represents the "Palazzo della Consulta," a palace designed by Ferdinando Fuga for Pope Clement XII to house the papal secretariat of the principal council of state, the Sacra Congregazione della Consulta. After various functions over the centuries, it has been home to the Constitutional Court of the Italian Republic since 1955. The top of the facade is dominated by the large sculptural coat of arms of the Corsini family of Clement XII.