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The image shows a landscape with ancient ruins. The composition includes a low horizon, a sky, distant mountains or hills, towering ruins with arches and vegetation, a couple of figures engaging in an activity, more ruins and trees, all etched in fine lines with detailed texturing. The color palette is monochrome with various tones from white to black.
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The image shows a landscape with ancient ruins. The composition includes a low horizon, a sky, distant mountains or hills, towering ruins with arches and vegetation, a couple of figures engaging in an activity, more ruins and trees, all etched in fine lines with detailed texturing. The color palette is monochrome with various tones from white to black.

National Gallery of Art · Portfolio

Avanzi dell'acqua Marzia, Claudia e dell'Aniene vecchio

Jacob Wilhelm Mechau

Date
1793
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 27.3 x 37.2 cm (10 3/4 x 14 5/8 in.) sheet: 39.2 x 49.2 cm (15 7/16 x 19 3/8 in.)
Classification
Portfolio · Print
Accession number
2003.86.3
Credit line
New Century Fund
Time span
1726 to 1750
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • German
  • Ruins
  • Landscape
  • Building
  • Figures
  • Writing
Provenance

(Thomas Le Claire Kunsthandel, Hamburg); purchased 2003 by NGA.

NGA object ID 127976. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.