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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Large sculpture gallery built on arches and lit from above... (Galleria grande di Statue, la cui struttura è con Archi e col lume preso dall'alto...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"

ca. 1750
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35.7 × 24.9 cm (14.1 × 9.8 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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