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View of the Piazza di Spagna, from Views of Rome by Giovanni Battista Piranesi — VisualArtsDB

View of the Piazza di Spagna, from Views of Rome

View of the Piazza di Spagna, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1750–1759

Medium: Etching on heavy ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 38.1 × 59.7 cm (15 × 23 9/16 in.); Plate: 40.6 × 60.2 cm (16 × 23 3/4 in.); Sheet: 52.1 × 80.3 cm (20 9/16 × 31 5/8 in.)
Genre: Etching
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Interior view of the so-called College des Anfictions, from Different views of Paestum

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