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Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Angelo Rotili

View of a large structure, remains of the Tomb of the Metelli on the Appian Way about five miles from Porta S. Sebastiano, in the village of S. Maria Nuova..., from Le Antichità Romane, tome 3, tavola 15

published 1756–57
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43.5 × 46.7 cm (17.1 × 18.4 in)

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