Egyptian Obelisk. This was erected by Pope Sixtus V in the Piazza of St. John Lateran, from Views of Rome, 1750/59, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720-1778, Italy, Etching on heavy ivory laid paper, 530 x 400 mm (image), 544 x 407 mm (plate), 623 x 479 mm (sheet

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Egyptian Obelisk. This was erected by Pope Sixtus V in the Piazza of St. John Lateran, from Views of Rome, 1750/59, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720-1778, Italy, Etching on heavy ivory laid paper, 530 x 400 mm (image), 544 x 407 mm (plate), 623 x 479 mm (sheet)

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