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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

View of the palace of the illustrious Barberini family on the Quirinal Hill, designed by Cavaliere Bernini, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

ca. 1750–1759
Etching; first state of five (Hind)
48.5 × 69.4 cm (19.1 × 27.3 in)

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