Artist: Pierre Michel Alix (1762-1817).
Engraver: Jeanne Deny (1749-1815).
Title: View taken inside the excavations of the soldiers' camp at Pompeii.
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Grave à l'eau forte par Alix. Termine par Jne Denys. Vue prise dans l'interieur des fouilles du camp des soldats a Pompeii. No. 85. Par Desprez Arch-te et Pension-re Roi a Rome. A.P.D.R.
Dimensions: Sheet 6 1/2" x8 3/4".
Edition: Voyage pittoresque de Naples et de Sicilie" by St. Non, 1781-1785.
Date: c. 1780.
Materials and Techniques: etching and engraving on laid paper.
Watermark: yes.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Corners were supposedly glued down and then ripped off. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XVIII C.
Engraver: Jeanne Deny (1749-1815).
Title: View taken inside the excavations of the soldiers' camp at Pompeii.
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Grave à l'eau forte par Alix. Termine par Jne Denys. Vue prise dans l'interieur des fouilles du camp des soldats a Pompeii. No. 85. Par Desprez Arch-te et Pension-re Roi a Rome. A.P.D.R.
Dimensions: Sheet 6 1/2" x8 3/4".
Edition: Voyage pittoresque de Naples et de Sicilie" by St. Non, 1781-1785.
Date: c. 1780.
Materials and Techniques: etching and engraving on laid paper.
Watermark: yes.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Corners were supposedly glued down and then ripped off. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XVIII C.