# View of Paestum

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## Artwork

- Artist: [FABRIS, Pietro](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fabris-pietro-r4a3d8cf65773b0>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 77 x 130 cm

## Commentary

This painting presents a view of Paestum from the west with the temples of Poseidon and Ceres. Fabris is known to have painted Paestum on other occasions, too. Paestum was a Graeco-Roman town south of Naples founded at the end of the seventh century BCE.

## Related artworks

- [Naples, a View of Mergellina](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fabris-pietro-r4a3d8cf65773b0/naples-a-view-of-mergellina-r5f151f48c26f8d>)
- [Posillipo, a View of the Coast towards Vesuvius](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fabris-pietro-r4a3d8cf65773b0/posillipo-a-view-of-the-coast-towards-vesuvius-r0bfe17e898a2c6>)
- [Pozzuoli, a View of the Bay](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fabris-pietro-r4a3d8cf65773b0/pozzuoli-a-view-of-the-bay-r894c52cf89fe97>)

## Attribution

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