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Painting by Louis-Leopold Boilly showing a crowd of men, women, and children in early 19th-century dress gathered in the Louvre, viewing a large framed artwork on the wall.

Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Veduta della Piazza di Monte Cavallo

Giovanni Paolo Pannini: painting of the interior of the Pantheon, Rome

Painting by Canaletto showing the entrance to the Grand Canal in Venice with ships, gondolas, and people along the waterfront, and domed buildings in the background.

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