
View through the Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii
Giovanni Battista Piranesi · 1778
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Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style: Mummy superimposed on a large caryatid above the lintel (Ch. à l'égyptiennne surmontée d'une grande cariatide contre laquelle s'applique une momie), from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi...(Different Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces and all other parts of houses)
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Frontispiece from "Vedute di Roma"
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St. Giovanni in Laterano, Interior, from "Vedute di Roma" (Views of Rome)
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A view of part of the intended Bridge at Blackfriars, London
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