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View of the Basilica of San Sebastiano fuori delle mura [St. Sebastian outside the Walls] on the Appian Way, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

Giovanni Battista Piranesica. 1750

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Title: View of the Basilica of San Sebastiano fuori delle mura [St. Sebastian outside the Walls] on the Appian Way, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)
Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Date Created: ca. 1750
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 20 1/2 x 30 1/2 in. (52 x 77.5 cm) Plate: 16 7/16 x 26 in. (41.8 x 66 cm)
Type: Print
External Link: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/363070
Medium: Etching; first state of four (Hind)
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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