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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Magnificent bridge with loggias, and arches erected by a Roman Emperor... (Ponte magnfiico con Logge, ed Archi erretto da un Imperatore Romane...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"

ca. 1750
Etching
23.8 × 35.8 cm (9.4 × 14.1 in)

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