V. ALOJA (19th) after D'ANNA (*1743), Tomb of... Lot 140

V. ALOJA (19th) after D'ANNA (*1743), Tomb of Mamia near Pompeii, 1806, Etching Vincenzo Aloja (19th century) after Alessandro d'Anna (1743 Palermo - 1810 ibid.): Tomb of Mamia on the Via dei Sepolcri near Pompeii, 1806, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Inscription: At the lower part signed in the printing plate: "Ales.o d'Anna dis. / Vinc. Aloja incise". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "Veduta interna del Sepolcro di Mamia [...] In Napoli presso Nicola Gervasi al Gigante di Palazzo No. 23". Date: 1806 Description: The precise engraving reveals a picturesque scene of a historic ruin in a landscape, enlivened by groups of figures and domesticated animals, framed in a balanced relationship between light and shadow. 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; graphic; ruin; landscape; engraving; historical; figures; animals; light; shadow; picturesque; park-like; tree; sky; clouds; perspective; culture; architecture; art; scene; nature;, 19th century, Romanticism, Cities, Italy, Pompeii (Campanian), Size: Paper: 31,1 cm x 41,8 cm (12,2 x 16,5 in), Plate: 23,0 cm x 30,3 cm (9,1 x 11,9 in), Depiction: 17,5 cm x 26,0 cm (6,9 x 10,2 in)