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The Interior of a Church by Giovanni Battista Piranesi — VisualArtsDB

The Interior of a Church

The Interior of a Church

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Medium: Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
Dimensions: 21.7 × 17 cm (8 9/16 × 6 11/16 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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Title Page from Imaginary Prisons

Title Page from Imaginary Prisons

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Frontispiece, with Statue of Minerva

Frontispiece, with Statue of Minerva

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Map of the Campus Martius

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The Giant Wheel, plate 9 from Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons)

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The Baths of Trajan (Erroneously Called the Baths of Titus)

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View of the Basilica of St. Sebastian from beyond the Walls of Rome, on the Appian Way

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Interior view of the Basilica of St. John Lateran, from Views of Rome

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Large Marble Vase with Putti and Vine Leaves

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Temple of the Sybil in Tivoli

Temple of the Sybil in Tivoli

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