The Temple of Neptune in Pestum
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 3/8 x 8 11/16 in. (31.4 x 22.1 cm) Image: 8 9/16 x 6 7/16 in. (21.8 x 16.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number
59.500.715
Tags
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints collection, where *The Temple of Neptune in Paum* (1826) captures the timeless grandeur of ancient architecture. This lithograph, by French artists Louis Léopold Boilly his son Jules Boilly in collaboration with printer François Séraphin Delpech, depicts the Doric columns of the Temple of Neptune—one of three remarkably preserved Greek temples at Paestum, an ancient city in southern Italy founded around 600 BCE. Measuring 12 3/8 x 8 11/16 inches, the print shows the temple's sturdy stone pillars and includes figures of men, evokin...
About the Artist
Louis Léopold Boilly|Jules Boilly|Delpech · 1761–1845
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