Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Hadrian's Villa: The Piazza d'Oro (Piazza of Gold) (Veduta degli Avanzi della Circonferenza delle antiche Fabbriche di una delle Piazze della Villa Adriana oggidi chiamata Piazza d'oro)

ca. 1776
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47.3 × 62.2 cm (18.6 × 24.5 in)

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