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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Imaginery ancient temple designed in the style of those built in honor of the Goddess Vesta... (Tempio antico inventato e disegnato alla maniera di quelli che si fabbricavano in onore della Dea Vesta...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"

ca. 1750
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39.8 × 25.3 cm (15.7 × 10 in)

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