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A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi
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A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

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Lettering: Vaso antico di marmo, che si conserva nella galleria del palazzo dell' ecc. Sig prencipe Barberini. Egl' è adornato d'intagli finissimi tanto nel corpo di esso come anche nelle tre facce del sottoposto piede triangolare. Al signor Tommaso Manzel Talbot cavaliere inglese amatore, e seguace delle belle arti in segno d'ossequio il cavalier Gio. Batt.a Piranesi D.D.D. Cavalier Piranesi f.

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