Arco di Trajano in Benevento (Arch of Trajan)

Published by G. Balrar

18th-19th century

  • Titles Arco di Trajano in Benevento (Arch of Trajan) (Proper)
  • Artist Published by, G. Balrar, Italy
  • Medium colored engraving
  • Dimensions sheet: 11 3/8 × 15 1/8 in. (28.9 × 38.4 cm) plate: 9 1/16 × 12 1/4 in. (23 × 31.1 cm) image: 6 3/4 × 10 3/8 in. (17.1 × 26.4 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.713.1998
  • Work Type print
  • Classification Prints

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