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Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Giovanni Bouchard

The Triumphal Arch, from "Grotteschi" (Grotesques)

ca. 1748
Etching, engraving, drypoint, burnishing; first state of five (Robison)
49.5 × 64.6 cm (19.5 × 25.4 in)

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