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Frontispiece, with Statue of Minerva by Giovanni Battista Piranesi — VisualArtsDB

Frontispiece, with Statue of Minerva

Frontispiece, with Statue of Minerva

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Medium: Etching
Dimensions: image: 49.5 × 62.9 cm (19 1/2 × 24 3/4 in.) plate: 50.3 × 64.1 cm (19 13/16 × 25 1/4 in.) sheet: 54 × 78.8 cm (21 1/4 × 31 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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Italian

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