The Temple of Neptune (Plate X of the Views of Paestum)

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The Temple of Neptune (Plate X of the Views of Paestum)

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

1778

Medium/Technique Etching

Dimensions Sheet: 48.7 x 71.4 cm (19 3/16 x 28 1/8 in.)(lacking c. 45 mm at the bottom; trimmed irregularly along the platemark on the other three sides)

Credit Line Bequest from Charles Henry Parker

Accession Number09.644

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hind, p. 87; Focillon 592; Ficacci 861 (a proof impression before the number at the top right and the inscription in the bottom margin)

State i

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

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