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Francesco Piranesi Italian
Designed and probably colored by Louis Jean Desprez French
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Title: Illumination of the Cross in St. Peter's
Artist:
Francesco Piranesi (Italian, Rome 1758–1810 Paris)
Artist:
Designed and probably colored by Louis Jean Desprez (French, Auxerre 1743–1804 Stockholm)
Date: 1758–1810
Medium: Etching, hand colored with brown and gray wash and white gouache
Dimensions: Sheet: 27 × 18 1/2 in. (68.6 × 47 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967
Object Number: 67.761.2
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