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Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg

A Section of the Via Sacra, Rome (The Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian)

ca. 1814–15
Oil on canvas
31.4 × 43.5 cm (12.4 × 17.1 in)

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · verified July 2026

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