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Wall near the Quirinal and remains of a nymphaeum at Rome
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Wall near the Quirinal and remains of a nymphaeum at Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi · c. 1756 - c. 1757 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Sheet with two representations of Roman buildings. Top: view of a wall with buttresses at the slopes of the Quirinal hill and various ruins. Numbered top left: Plate XVI. Numbered top right: Fig. I. Explanatory list with letters in lower margin. Bottom: remains of a nymphaeum, a monument dedicated to nymphs (on print identified as the Temple of Minerva Medica). Numbered top right: Fig. II. Explanatory list with letters in lower margin.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineMuur bij het Quirinaal en restanten van een nymphaeum te Rome. c. 1756 - c. 1757. Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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