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Giovanni Battista Piranesi Italian
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Title: The ancient Capitol ascended by approximately one hundred steps... (Campidoglio antico a cui si ascendeva per circa cento gradini...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"
Series/Portfolio: Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive (Part One of Architecture and Perspectives)
Artist:
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome)
Date: ca. 1750
Medium: Etching
Dimensions:
Plate (Image): 9 5/16 × 14 3/16 in. (23.7 × 36.1 cm)
Plate (Inscription): 1 3/16 × 14 1/4 in. (3 × 36.2 cm)
Sheet: 13 3/16 × 19 7/16 in. (33.5 × 49.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937
Object Number: 37.45.3(15)
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