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Means by which blocks of marble were lifted by Giovanni Battista Piranesi — VisualArtsDB

Means by which blocks of marble were lifted

Means by which blocks of marble were lifted

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Medium: Etching
Dimensions: plate: 46.4 x 52.5 cm (18 1/4 x 20 11/16 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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Italian

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The Temple of the Sibyl, Tivoli, with another Temple R., once used as the Church of S. Giorgio

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The Prisons: Round Arches Springing from a Square Column

The Prisons: Round Arches Springing from a Square Column

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The Pier with a Lamp, plate 15 from Imaginary Prisons

The Pier with a Lamp, plate 15 from Imaginary Prisons

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The Pier with Chains

The Pier with Chains

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View of the Temple of Hercules at Cori, ten miles distant from Velletri, from Views of Rome

View of the Temple of Hercules at Cori, ten miles distant from Velletri, from Views of Rome

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The Prisons: A Perspective of Colonnades with Zig-Zag Staircase

The Prisons: A Perspective of Colonnades with Zig-Zag Staircase

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View through the Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii

View through the Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii

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The Arch with a Shell Ornament, plate 11 from Imaginary Prisons

The Arch with a Shell Ornament, plate 11 from Imaginary Prisons

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Interior view of the Pantheon, from Views of Rome

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The Smoking Fire

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Del Castello Dell' Acqua Giulia

Del Castello Dell' Acqua Giulia

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