View of the Remains of the Praetorian Fort [the Poecile], Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, from Views of Rome
1770 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper · Image: 36.6 × 64.9 cm (14 7/16 × 25 9/16 in.); Plate: 37.3 × 65.6 cm (14 11/16 × 25 7/8 in.); Sheet: 56 × 72.4 cm (22 1/16 × 28 9/16 in.)
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Piranesi, View of the Remains of the Praetorian Fort [the Poecile], Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, from Views of Rome, 1770. Etching on heavy ivory laid paper.
The Art Institute of Chicago · The Charles Deering Collection
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