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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Interior view of the ancient Temple of Bacchus, now the church of S. Urbano, two miles from Rome..., from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

ca. 1750
Etching; second state of four (Hind)
53.5 × 76.5 cm (21.1 × 30.1 in)

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