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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

View of the Remains of the Two Rows of Columns in the Temple of Neptune which [originally] formed the colonnades along the sides of the cella, and supported the uppermost part of the roof, from Different views of Paestum

1778
Etching on ivory laid paper
49.5 × 67.1 cm (19.5 × 26.4 in)

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