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Francesco Piranesi|Giovanni Battista Piranesi

View from the street entering beneath the gateway to the city of Pompeii, with the foot paths and the shops, from "Antiquités de Pompeïa, tome premier, Antiquités de la Grande Grèce..." (Antiquities of Pompeii, volume one, Antiquities of Great Greece...), volume 1, plate 8

1804
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55.5 × 80.2 cm (21.9 × 31.6 in)

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