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

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)

Francesco Piranesi (Italian, 1758–1810)

1778

Medium/TechniqueEtching

DimensionsSheet: 56.7 x 79.4 cm (22 5/16 x 31 1/4 in.)
Platemark: 48.4 x 68.4 cm (19 1/16 x 26 15/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of Miss Ellen T. Bullard

Accession number25.1182

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ClassificationsPrints

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Provenance1925, gift of Miss Ellen Twistleton Bullard (b. 1865 - d. 1959), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 1, 1925)

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