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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Piazza Navona, Rome, above the ruins of the Circus of Domitian, the Church of Sant Agnese to the right, Bernini's fountain in the center, from "Vedute di Roma"

1760–78
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49.5 × 59 cm (19.5 × 23.2 in)

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