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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Temple of Sol and Luna…, from Views of Rome (Tempi del Sole e della Luna, o come altri, d'Iside e Serapi, from Vedute di Roma)

1760-78
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
39.5 × 55.2 cm (15.6 × 21.7 in)

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