Rome: Piranesi’s vision

Early century souvenir-hunters have bequeathed a remarkable collection of 18th Italian prints to Australian collections.
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Veduta interna del Panteon (View inside the Pantheon), 1765–78 impression, etching and engraving, from Vedute di Roma, 1748–78, Rare Books collection, State Library of Victoria

The famous images of Roman buildings by the 18th century print-maker Giovanni Battista Piranesi are on display in a new exhibition at the State Library of Victoria.

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