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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

View of the Flavian Amphitheater, called the Colosseum, from "Vedute di Roma" (Roman Views), part II

ca. 1750–78
Etching; second state of four (Hind)
51 × 73.5 cm (20.1 × 28.9 in)

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