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Inscriptions from the tomb chambers by Giovanni Battista Piranesi — VisualArtsDB

Inscriptions from the tomb chambers

Inscriptions from the tomb chambers

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Medium: Etching
Dimensions: plate: 40 x 48.5 cm (15 3/4 x 19 1/8 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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