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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

View of the exterior of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

ca. 1748
Etching; first state of seven (Hind)
50.5 × 70 cm (19.9 × 27.6 in)

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