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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Group of columns which support two arches of a great courtyard... (Gruppo di Colonne, che regge due archi d'un grande Cortile...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"

ca. 1750
Etching
40.1 × 24.7 cm (15.8 × 9.7 in)

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