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Giovanni Battista Pittoni the Elder

Roman ruins with the horse tamers (Dioscuri) on the Quirinal Hill, plate 36 from "Discorsi Sopra L’Antichita di Roma"

1730–60
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21.8 × 33.1 cm (8.6 × 13 in)

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