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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Dedication to Giovanni Bottari (Dédicace à Bottari), from "Antichità Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori"

ca. 1748
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23.6 × 35.8 cm (9.3 × 14.1 in)

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