The Pyramid of Gaius Cestius, from Views of Rome — Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59, published 1800–07

The Pyramid of Gaius Cestius, from Views of Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi

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Credit: The Charles Deering Collection. CC0.
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