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        "objectNumber": "09.1S866",
        "primaryTitle": "The Theatre of Marcellus",
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        "dated": "1757",
        "classification": "Prints",
        "department": "Prints, Drawings & Photographs",
        "medium": "etching printed in black ink on laid paper",
        "dimensions": "Plate: 15 7/8 × 21 1/2 inches (40.3 × 54.6 cm)\r\nSheet: 17 3/8 × 24 3/4 inches (44.1 × 62.9 cm)"
    },
    "provenance": {
        "creditLine": "Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps ",
        "provenance": "1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)",
        "signed": "Signed in plate, lower right: Piranesi Architetto fec.",
        "inscribed": "Titled in plate, lower center: TEATRO DI MARCELLO.\r\nInscribed, bottom left margin: Questo fu fabricato da Augusto, e dedicato a Marcello suo Nipote. | 1. Palazzo Orsini ristaurato da Baldassare da siena Architetto.\r\nBottom right margin: 2. Cupola di S. Maria in Campitelli. | Presso l'Autore a Strada Felice nel Palazzo Tomati vicino alla Trinita de' monti A - d[  ] paoli e mezzo.",
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            "displayName": "Giovanni Battista Piranesi",
            "role": "Artist",
            "nationality": "Italian",
            "bio": "Italian, 1720-1778"
        }
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    "rights": [
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            "type": "Public Domain",
            "copyright": "",
            "creditLineRepro": "Giovanni Battista Piranesi, The Theatre of Marcellus, 1757, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S866."
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            "name": "Italy",
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            "name": "Rome",
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