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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Plan and facade of the Temple of Fortuna Virilis (Tempio della Fortuna Virile), from the series 'Le Antichità Romane'

1756
Etching
51.8 × 37.4 cm (20.4 × 14.7 in)

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