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Vasta Fontana di Trevi...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi
(1720 - 1778, Rome, Italy)
artist

Object Type

Print

Medium

Etching with engraving on paper

Date

ca. 1835-1837

Dimensions

444.5 x 571.5 mm (sheet)

Accession Number

1111.1.315

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