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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Flavian ampitheater, called the Colosseum. 1. Arch of Constantine. 2. Palatine Hill, plate 12 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other Monuments

1748
Etching on ivory laid paper
12.6 × 26.9 cm (5 × 10.6 in)

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