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Interior view of the Colosseum, from Views of Rome by Giovanni Battista Piranesi — VisualArtsDB

Interior view of the Colosseum, from Views of Rome

Interior view of the Colosseum, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1766

Medium: Etching on heavy ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 45.4 × 69.3 cm (17 7/8 × 27 5/16 in.); Plate: 46.1 × 69.7 cm (18 3/16 × 27 1/2 in.); Sheet: 49.2 × 72.2 cm (19 3/8 × 28 7/16 in.)
Genre: etching
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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