The Pronaos of the College of the Amphictyons (Plate VIII of the Views of Paestum)

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The Pronaos of the College of the Amphictyons (Plate VIII of the Views of Paestum)

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

1778

Medium/Technique Etching

Dimensions Sheet: 49.3 x 67.1 cm (19 7/16 x 26 7/16 in.)(with irregular 1.5-6 mm margin at the right; trimmed on the platemark on the other three sides)

Credit Line Bequest from Charles Henry Parker

Accession Number09.643

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hind, p. 87; Focillon 590; Ficacci 859; Wilton-Ely 725 (a proof impression before the inscription and signature in the blank space at the lower left)

State i

Marks Verso, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)

ProvenanceCharles H. Parker, Boston (1816-1908); his bequest to the MFA 1909 (transferred from Library Book 11545; accessioned March 20, 1963)