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Roman ruins with the horse tamers (Dioscuri) on the Quirinal Hill, plate 36 from "Discorsi Sopra L’Antichita di Roma"
Giovanni Battista Pittoni the Elder, 1730–60
- Artist
- Giovanni Battista Pittoni the Elder (Italian, Vicenza ca. 1520–ca. 1583 Venice (?))
- Date
- 1730–60
- Medium
- Etching
- Size
- plate: 8 9/16 x 13 1/16 in. (21.8 x 33.1 cm) sheet: 9 3/8 x 14 15/16 in. (23.8 x 38 cm)
- Type
- Prints
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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