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Giovanni Battista Piranesi Italian
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Title: The ancient Capitol ascended by approximately one hundred steps, plate 10 from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive" (Part one of Architecture and Perspectives)
Series/Portfolio: Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive inventate, ed incise da Giambatista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano fra gli Arcadi Salcindio Tiseio
Artist:
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome)
Date: printed 1800–09
Medium: Etching; fifth state of six (Robison)
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 5/8 x 15 3/4 in. (55 x 40 cm)
Plate: 10 5/8 x 14 3/16 in. (27 x 36 cm) printed horizontally on the sheet
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Object Number: 41.71.1.8(11)
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