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Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Giovanni Bouchard

The Staircase with Trophies, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

ca. 1749–50
Etching, engraving; first state of six (Robison)
63.5 × 49.5 cm (25 × 19.5 in)

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