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A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770
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A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Vaso antico di marmo adornato di finissimi intagli ed arabeschi, si vede in Inghilterra presso il signor Egidio Earle cavaliere inglese amatore delle belle arti. Al signor Watkin William Wynne cavaliere inglese amatore delle belle arti in atto d'ossequio il cavaliere Gio. Batta.Piranesi D.D.D.

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