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Plate 7: Ancient altar on which sacrifices were performed in antiquity, surrounded by other ruins (Ara antica sopra la quale si facevano anticamente i sagrifizi, con altre ruine all' intorno), from "Part one of architecture and perspectives: drawn and etched by Gio. Batt'a Piranesi, Venetian Archite
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Credit linePlate 7: Ancient altar on which sacrifices were performed in antiquity, surrounded by other ruins (Ara antica sopra la quale si facevano anticamente i sagrifizi, con altre ruine all' intorno), from "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). 1743. Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011. CC0.
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