V. ALOJA (19th), City gate of Pompeii, 1806, Etching
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V. ALOJA (19th), City gate of Pompeii, 1806, Etching
Vincenzo Aloja (19th century): City gate of Pompeii Ancient ruins on the access road to Pompeii, 1806, Etching
Technique:
Etching on Paper
Inscription:
Lower right signed in the printing plate: "Vincenzo Aloja inc.". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "Veduta della Porta di Pompei [...] In Napoli presso Nicola Gervasi di Piazza No 38".
Date:
1806
Description:
The engraving shows an idyllic landscape of ruins at the city gate of Pompeii. In the foreground is a seated figure next to a dog. Architectural fragments and trees surround her, while an openwork wall provides a view of further ruins.
Source:
Raccolta di [...] Vedute dell'Citta e Regno di Napoli dipinte da Filippo Hackert, Carlo Grasso, Luigi Fergola etc. incise da Vincenzo Aloja, 1806 | print suite, Landscape, Architecture
Keywords:
Pompeii; Campania; Vesuvius; Engraving; Ruins; Landscape; Figure; Dog; Architecture; Trees; Wall; View; Idyll; Transience; Work of art; Historical depiction, 19th century, Romanticism, Cities, Italy, Pompeii (Campanian),
Size:
Paper: 31,1 cm x 41,7 cm (12,2 x 16,4 in), Plate: 23,4 cm x 30,5 cm (9,2 x 12 in), Depiction: 17,4 cm x 25,8 cm (6,9 x 10,2 in)
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