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Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Giovanni Bouchard

Plan of a spacious and magnificent College designed after the ancient gymnasia of the Greeks and the baths of the Romans..., from "Opere Varie di Architettura, prospettive, grotteschi, antichità; inventate, ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano" (Various Works of Architecture, perspectives, grotesques and antiquities; designed and etched by Giambattista Piranesi, Venetian Architect)

1750
Etching, engraving, drypoint; second state of seven (Robison)
63.6 × 49.5 cm (25 × 19.5 in)

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