Columns of the Temple of Neptune at Paestum, 1838, Oil on canvas, 12 5/8 x 10 in. (32.1 x 25.4 cm), Paintings, Constantin Hansen (Danish, Rome 1804–1880 Frederiksberg), In June 1838, as part of his extended Italian sojourn (1835–43), Hansen visited the Hellenic complex at Paestum, about fifty miles south of Naples. To compose this view, he stood within the so-called Temple of Neptune, using its massive fluted Doric columns to frame the distant Temple of Athena
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Columns, Temple, Neptune, Paestum, 1838, Oil, canvas, 12 5/8 x 10, 32.1 25.4 cm, Paintings, Constantin Hansen, Danish, Rome, 1804–1880, Frederiksberg, June, part, extended Italian, sojourn, 1835–43, Hansen visited, Hellenic complex, fifty miles, south, Naples, compose, view, stood within, using, massive fluted, Doric, columns, frame, distant Temple, Athena
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