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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Plan of a tomb on the Appian Way in Vigna Buonamici (Pianta di un sepolcro sull'antica Via Appia nella Vigna Buonamici), from the series 'Le Antichità Romane'

1756
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52 × 37.5 cm (20.5 × 14.8 in)

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