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Inscriptions of freedmen and slaves by Giovanni Battista Piranesi — VisualArtsDB

Inscriptions of freedmen and slaves

Inscriptions of freedmen and slaves

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Medium: Etching
Dimensions: plate: 44 x 48 cm (17 5/16 x 18 7/8 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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Italian

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