Giovanni Battista Piranesi

(Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome)

View of Paestum, with the Temple of Hera I, so-called Basilica, seen from the south-west. Behind it, the Temple of Hera II, so called Temple of Poseidon, and in the distance, the Temple of Ceres; other archeological remnant shown in the foreground

View of Paestum, with the Temple of Hera I, so-called Basilica, seen from the south-west. Behind it, the Temple of Hera II, so called Temple of Poseidon, and in the distance, the Temple of Ceres; other archeological remnant shown in the foreground, 1778

Etching.

47.5 x 67.5 cm

18 3/4 x 26 5/8 in