Column of Trajan / Piranesi

Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Italian, 1774
Etching in Trofeo o sia magnifica colonna coclide di marmo composta di grossi macigni ove si veggono scopite le due guerre daciche fatte da Traiano... (Trophy or Magnificent Spiral Column of Marble Composed of Large Drums on which are Carved the Two Dacian Wars of Trajan...)
291.1 x 47.3 cm
90-B18303
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