![Plate 10: 'The ancient Capitol ascended by approximately one hundred steps [...]' (Campidoglio antico a cui si ascendeva per circa cento gradini [...]), from the series 'Part one of architecture and perspectives: drawn and etched by Gio. Batt'a Piranesi, Venetian Architect: dedicated to Nicola Giobbe' (Prima parte di Architetture, e prospettive inventate, ed incise da Gio. Batt'a Piranesi Architetto Veneziano dedicate al Sig. Nicola Giobbe)](/_next/image?url=%2Fapi%2Fimages%2Fr2%2Fmet%2Fdp%2Fthumb%2Fplate-10-the-ancient-capitol-ascended-by-416034.webp&w=3840&q=75)
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