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Three marble vases
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Three marble vases

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

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Lettering: Al signor Giovanni Taylor cavaliere inglese amatore delle belle arti in atto d'ossequio il caval.re Gio. Batt.a Piranesi D.D.D. Monumento antico che si vede in Inghilterra presso il sig.r Giorgio Aufrere cavaliere inglese nella sua villa a Chelsea. In Inghilterra presso sua Ecc.za Milord Palmerston. In Inghilterra presso sua Ecc.za Milord Palmerston. Cavaliere Piranesi inc.

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