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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

View of the ancient structure built by Tarquinius Superbus called the Bel Lido, and like others, built by Marcus Agrippa in the time of Augustus when he cleaned all of the sewers leading to the Tiber, from Views of Rome

1776, published 1800–07
Etching on heavy ivory laid paper
43.1 × 66.5 cm (17 × 26.2 in)

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