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Three large replicas of Paris’ Vendome Column before an 11′ tall Piranesi of Trajan’s Column in Rome.

March 14, 2014

The Vendome Column was widely reproduced as the symbol of Napoleon's empire. Here three large bronze replicas of the Vendome Column are before two Piranesi prints of Rome's Trajan's and Antonine Columns.

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