A Temple in Paestum, probably the Temple of Juno (Plate XVIII of the Views of Paestum)

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A Temple in Paestum, probably the Temple of Juno (Plate XVIII of the Views of Paestum)

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

1778

Medium/Technique Etching

Dimensions Sheet: 48 x 68.3 cm (18 7/8 x 26 7/8 in.)(with 2-3 mm margin at the right; trimmed on or slightly within the platemark on the other three sides)

Credit Line Bequest from Charles Henry Parker

Accession Number09.649

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hind, p.87; Focillon 599; Ficacci 869 (a proof impression before the number at the top left and the inscription in the lower margin)

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)