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The Column of Marcus Aurelius, from Views of Rome by Giovanni Battista Piranesi — VisualArtsDB

The Column of Marcus Aurelius, from Views of Rome

The Column of Marcus Aurelius, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1750–1759

Medium: Etching on heavy ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 53.5 × 40 cm (21 1/8 × 15 3/4 in.); Plate: 55.2 × 40.7 cm (21 3/4 × 16 1/16 in.); Sheet: 62.7 × 47.8 cm (24 11/16 × 18 7/8 in.)
Genre: etching
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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