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Tempio di Giove Tonante

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1743

MEDIUMetching and engraving
DIMENSIONS[object Object]
LOCATIONCleveland Museum of Art
COLLECTIONPrints
CULTUREItaly, 18th century
CREDIT LINEGift of Willard M. Clapp
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, the 18th-century Italian master of etching, transformed the ruins of Rome into dramatic, atmospheric visions that captivated Grand Tourists and shaped Neoclassicism.

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