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View of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran by Giovanni Battista Piranesi — VisualArtsDB

View of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran

View of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Medium: Etching
Dimensions: image: 37 × 54.4 cm (14 9/16 × 21 7/16 in.) plate: 39.1 × 54.7 cm (15 3/8 × 21 9/16 in.) sheet: 54.3 × 78.9 cm (21 3/8 × 31 1/16 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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