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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Ancient Rome, and its Hills, from the West
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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Ancient Rome, and its Hills, from the West

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

sheet: 17 15/16 x 21 7/16 in. (45.5 x 54.4 cm) plate: 15 1/16 x 19 5/16 in. (38.2 x 49 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1941

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

1575 –1599 Italian

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