The Skeletons — Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750

The Skeletons, Giovanni Battista Piranesi

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Credit: The Art Institute of Chicago. CC0.
Licence: CC0-1.0
Evidence: api.artic.edu artworks api: is_public_domain=true on artwork 7385 (read 2026-09-01)
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