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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

View of a courtyard with a loggia, fountains, statues, and other ornaments (Prospetto d'un regio Cortile nel cui mezzo vi stà una Loggia...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"

ca. 1750
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23.2 × 35.4 cm (9.1 × 13.9 in)

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