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Grottesco with the Tomb of Nero

Giovanni Battista Piranesi1747

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States

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Title: Grottesco with the Tomb of Nero
Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Date Created: 1747
Physical Dimensions: overall: 49.1 × 38.9 cm (19 5/16 × 15 5/16 in.)
Provenance: (Hans Calmann Gallery, London); a New York gallery, late 1930s; Philip Hofer [1898-1984], Boston; Charles B. Hoyt, Boston; Roland Burden-Muller, Switzerland; Philip Hofer [1898-1984], Boston.
Rights: CC0
Medium: pen and gray-brown ink over red chalk, tip of the brush with gray ink, gray wash

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

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