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Jean Jacques Lagrenée

Le Colisée (The Colosseum), in an album containing Recueil de Compositions par Lagrenée Le Jeune (Collection of Compositions by Lagrenée the Younger)

1782–1821
Etching and aquatint
40.3 × 54.8 cm (15.9 × 21.6 in)

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