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Prisoners on a Projecting Platform by Giovanni Battista Piranesi — VisualArtsDB

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Medium: Etching
Dimensions: plate: 41.2 x 54.4 cm (16 1/4 x 21 7/16 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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Italian

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The Roman Forum, or Campo Vaccino, with the Temple of Antonius and Faustina in the Foreground L., the Temple of Castor and Pollux Foreground R., and the Colosseum in the Distance

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View of the Temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli, from Views of Rome

View of the Temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli, from Views of Rome

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Remains of the Aqueduct of the Old Anio

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Oeuvres des Chevaliers Jean Baptiste et François Piranesi

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