ITALY Arch of Trajan at Ancona Restored View - D'ESPOUY Antique Print 12 x 17"

Description: INTERNATIONAL BUYERS:? The shipping rates shown are for '1st Class International Package' with tracking.? Ebay is also promoting their EIS International Shipping program on sellers pages. I do not use this program because it is more expensive, slower, not very transparent, and frustrating to the buyer, if something goes wrong. Do not select it, if ebay does show it as an option. Thank you. Title of the Print : ARC DE TRAJAN A ANCONE Print Specifics: Type of print: Heliogravure - Original French antique print.Year of printing: not indicated in the print - est. 1900 - 1905 Publisher: H. d' Espouy, Charles Schmid, Editeur, Paris Condition: 1-2 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). Very light signs of 'handling'.Dimensions: 12 x 17 inches (30 x 43 cm), including blank margins (borders) around the image(s).Paper weight: 1-2 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)Reverse side: BlankNotes: (1) Green color around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed; (2) The print will be mailed rolled in a 4" (10 cm) diameter sturdy tube. (3) Print detail is sharper than the photo of the print. (4) The uneven color tone in the photos was caused by the camera. Narrative: Under the direction of Prof. d'Espouy, the graduates of the famous Paris school of art, the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, measured, rendered and shaded the views of the famous monuments of ancient Greece and Rome. These drawing were then reproduced by a 19th C. process called heliography. From ca 1850s narrative: Few cities present a more imposing exterior than Ancona, but it is only externally that it is either striking or beautiful; the streets are dark and narrow; and, with the exception of the Marina, which was laid out by order of Pius VI., the whole interior has a miserable character common to the coast towns of Italy. The magnificent Mole of Trajan, and the triumphal arch erected in his honour, are the objects of chief interest. The greatest part of the Mole still remains, a solid compact wall, formed of huge stones bound together by iron, and rising to a considerable height above the level of the sea; it serves now merely as a protection to the quays that are built within it. The New Mole, which is much lower, stands close to that of Trajan, and sustains a triumphal arch, of the Tuscan order, erected in honour of Clement XII., and raised in manifest rivalry of the one dedicated to the emperor, yet serving, at most, only as a foil to the beauties of the imperial monument. The arch of Trajan is still entire, though stripped of its metallic ornaments; the order is Corinthian ; the materials Parian marble. It was formerly decorated with statues, busts, and probably inferior ornaments of bronze, but these were all destroyed by the gothic invaders of Italy, whose avarice and rapacity defaced every building and monument in which either bronze or iron was found. Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any print purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. Internet seller since 1998.Five-star service.

Price: 37.5 USD

Location: Manassas, Virginia

End Time: 2024-08-07T19:53:00.000Z

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