View showing the remains of a large enclosure of columns..., from Différentes vues de quelques Restes de trois grands Edifices qui subsistent encore dans le milieu de l'ancienne Ville de Pesto autrement Posidonia qui est située dans la Lucanie (Different views of some of the remains of three great edifces that still exist at teh center of the ancient city of Pesto, or Posidonia [Paestum], which is siutated in Lucania)
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- Title:View showing the remains of a large enclosure of columns..., from Différentes vues de quelques Restes de trois grands Edifices qui subsistent encore dans le milieu de l'ancienne Ville de Pesto autrement Posidonia qui est située dans la Lucanie (Different views of some of the remains of three great edifces that still exist at teh center of the ancient city of Pesto, or Posidonia [Paestum], which is siutated 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 Posidonia qui est située dans la Lucanie
- Artist:Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome)
- Date:ca. 1748
- Medium:Etching
- Dimensions:Sheet: 20 3/16 x 27 5/16 in. (51.2 x 69.4 cm)
Plate: 26 7/8 in. (68.2 cm) - Classification:Prints
- Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Carroll G. Ross, 1945
- Object Number:45.31
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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