The Met CollectionSearch ArtView of the remains of the two rows of columns in the Temple of Neptune which originally formed the colonnades along the sides of the cella, and supported the uppermost part of the roof..., plate 16 from "Différentes vues de quelques Restes de trois grands Edifices qui subsistent encore dans le milieu de l'ancienne Ville de Pesto autrement Posidinia qui est située dans la Lucanie" (Different views of some of the remains of three great edifices that still exist at the center of the ancient city of Pesto, or Posidonia [Paestum], which is situated in Lucania)

View of the remains of the two rows of columns in the Temple of Neptune which originally formed the colonnades along the sides of the cella, and supported the uppermost part of the roof..., plate 16 from "Différentes vues de quelques Restes de trois grands Edifices qui subsistent encore dans le milieu de l'ancienne Ville de Pesto autrement Posidinia qui est située dans la Lucanie" (Different views of some of the remains of three great edifices that still exist at the center of the ancient city of Pesto, or Posidonia [Paestum], which is situated in Lucania)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi Italian

Francesco Piranesi Italian

1778

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Title: View of the remains of the two rows of columns in the Temple of Neptune which originally formed the colonnades along the sides of the cella, and supported the uppermost part of the roof..., plate 16 from "Différentes vues de quelques Restes de trois grands Edifices qui subsistent encore dans le milieu de l'ancienne Ville de Pesto autrement Posidinia qui est située dans la Lucanie" (Different views of some of the remains of three great edifices that still exist at the center of the ancient city of Pesto, or Posidonia [Paestum], which is situated in Lucania)
Series/Portfolio: Différentes vues de quelques Restes de trois grands Edifices qui subsistent encore dans le milieu de l'ancienne Ville de Pesto autrement Posidinia qui est située dans la Lucanie
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome)
Artist: Francesco Piranesi (Italian, Rome 1758–1810 Paris)
Date: 1778
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 20 7/8 x 29 15/16 in. (53 x 76 cm)
Plate: 19 11/16 x 26 9/16 in. (50 x 67.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Object Number: 41.71.1.15(17)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Différentes vues de quelques Restes de trois grands Edifices qui subsistent encore dans le milieu de l'ancienne Ville de Pesto autrement Posidinia qui est située dans la Lucanie (Different views of some of the remains of three great edifices that still exist at the center of the ancient city of Pesto, or Posidonia [Paestum], which is situated in Lucania)

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