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Upper Story of the Cages for Wild Animals Built by the Emperor Domitian

Former TitleThe Curia Hostilia

Former TitleSUBSTRUCTURE OF THE TEMPLE OF CLAUDIUS AT THE CHURCH OF SS. GIOVANNI E PAOLO

Printmaker Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)

Date1757

Mediumetching

DimensionsComposition: 14 1/8 × 24 in. (35.9 × 61 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

DepartmentPrints

Credit LineGift of The Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts

Accession Number1940.1187

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