J. MECHAU (1745-1808), Salaro Bridge bei Rom,... Lot 95

J. MECHAU (1745-1808), Salaro Bridge bei Rom, 1799, Etching Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden): Ponte Salaro near Rome View of the Campagna, 1799, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Inscription: lower left signed in the printing plate: "J. Mechau fece". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "Ponte Salaro". lower left dated: "Roma 1793". Date: 1799 Description: A historical engraving shows a rural scene with a line of umbrellas in the foreground and a stone bridge, the Ponte Salaro, over a river in the centre. Figures in period dress enliven the scene, while a mountain is cut into the background. Probably a later print for the French-language edition of the "Malerisch radirte Prospekte von Italien". Source: Collection de vues pittoresques de l'Italie : dessinées d'après nature, et gravées a l'eau forte a Rome, par trois peintres allemands / A.-C. Dies, Charles Reinhart, Jaques Méchau, 1799 | print suite, Landscape, Architecture Keywords: Campagna Romana; engraving; historical; landscape; tree; stone bridge; river; figures; contemporary clothing; mountain; rural; culture; art; idyll; agriculture; nature; architecture; bridge; scenery; engraving, 18th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Italy, Rome (Latium), Size: Paper: 31,1 cm x 42,0 cm (12,2 x 16,5 in), Plate: 28,0 cm x 37,6 cm (11 x 14,8 in), Depiction: 24,7 cm x 35,7 cm (9,7 x 14,1 in)