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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 Views of Rome

1767, published 1800–07
Etching on heavy ivory laid paper
40.4 × 60.1 cm (15.9 × 23.7 in)

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