Plate 7: 'Ancient altar on which sacrifices were performed in antiquity, surrounded by other ruins' (Ara antica sopra la quale si facevano anticamente i sagrifizi, con altre ruine all' intorno), from the series 'Part one of architecture and perspectives: drawn and etched by Gio. Batt'a Piranesi, Venetian Architect: dedicated to Nicola Giobbe' (Prima parte di Architetture, e prospettive inventate, ed incise da Gio. Batt'a Piranesi Architetto Veneziano dedicate al Sig. Nicola Giobbe), 1743.

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