V. ALOJA (19th) after FERGOLA (*1768), Grabmal... Lot 204

V. ALOJA (19th) after FERGOLA (*1768), Grabmal auf Scodillo Hill, 1806, Etching Vincenzo Aloja (19th century) after Luigi Fergola (1768 - 1834 ): View of an ancient tomb on the Collina dello Scodillo near Naples, 1806, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Inscription: At the lower part signed in the printing plate: "Luigi Fergola dis. dal vero / Vincenzo Aloja incise". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "Veduta di un Sepolcro antico sopra la Collina dello Scodillo a Napoli [...] In Napoli presso Nicola Gervasi al Gigante di Palazzo No. 23". Date: 1806 Description: This engraving shows an ancient burial site in an idyllic landscape near Naples. Individual figures and a dog enliven the scene, while mountain contours and a tree-lined ruin can be recognised in the background. 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: Campania; Naples; Vesuvius; engraving; antique; tomb; landscape; figures; dog; mountains; trees; ruin; idyll, 19th century, Romanticism, Architecture, Italy, Size: Paper: 31,1 cm x 41,9 cm (12,2 x 16,5 in), Plate: 21,9 cm x 29,8 cm (8,6 x 11,7 in), Depiction: 17,2 cm x 26,0 cm (6,8 x 10,2 in)