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Joseph Marie Vien

View of the Colosseum

ca. 1744–50
Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
29.8 × 45.9 cm (11.7 × 18.1 in)

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

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