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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Ancient Roman forum surrounded by porticoes, with loggias, some of which communicate with the Imperial Palace and others with the prisons... (Foro antico romano circondata da portici, con logge, alcune delle quali si uniscono al Palazzo Imperiale...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"

ca. 1750
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24.3 × 36 cm (9.6 × 14.2 in)

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