Tempel van Neptunus te Paestum, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778

Title(s)

Tempel van Neptunus te Paestum
Verschillende weergaven van de resten van drie grote gebouwen die nog steeds staan te Paestum (series title)
Différentes vues de quelques restes de trois grands édifices qui subsistent encore dans l'ancienne ville de Pesto (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1977-284

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 595
• Wilton-Ely 730

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2760
• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de resten van de Tempel van Neptunus te Paestum. Verklarende lijst met letters op banderol rechtsonder. Genummerd linksboven: Planche XIII.

Artist

• print maker: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (mentioned on object)
• print maker: Francesco Piranesi (attributed to)

Place

Rome

Dating

1778

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 501 mm × width 685 mm

What

• (story of) Neptune (Poseidon)
• landscape with ruins
• ruin of a building ~ architecture
• temple, shrine ~ Roman religion

Where

• Paestum
• Tweede Tempel van Hera

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1977

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, John Wilton-Ely, p. 793, cat.nr. 730
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Henri Focillon (Henri Joseph) , 1881-1943, p. 324, cat.nr. 595