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The Remains of Ancient Temples at Paestum (Plate III of the Views of Paestum)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)
and: Francesco Piranesi (Italian, 1758–1810)
1778

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 51.7 x 67.9 cm (20 3/8 x 26 3/4 in.)(trimmed irregularly on the platemark, in some places slightly within the platemark, and in some places with thread margins)
Credit Line Bequest from Charles Henry Parker
Accession Number09.642
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hind, p. 87; Focillon 585; Ficacci 854 (a proof impression, before the number at the top left and before the inscription and signature in the blank box at the bottom)
State i
Description
Marks Verso, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceCharles Henry Parker, Boston (1816-1909); his bequest to the MFA 1909 (transferred from Library Book 11545; accessioned March 20, 1963)