item name: Triumphal Arch at Susa - English Watercolor, 1816 item description: An English tourist's view of the Triumphal Arch at Susa, 1816. Watercolor applied with a brush, ink under-drawing.
This watercolor records the Roman arch at Susa (ancient Segusium). Shelley visited the site on his entry to Italy and writes in a letter dated Milan, April 1818: "A ruined arch of magnificent proportions, in the Greek taste, standing in a kind of road of green lawn, overgrown with violets and primroses, and in the midst of stupendous mountains, and a blonde woman, of light and graceful manners, something in the style of Fuseli's Eve, were the first things we met in Italy".
inscribed on the reverse: "Triumphal Arch at Susa erected to Augustus Caesar" and dated "August 14th 1816".
Provenance: Rodgers Collection, U.K. Dimensions: Overall Dimensions - Image 8" H X 11" W 20.32cm H X 27.94cm W
Overall Dimensions - Frame 13" H X 16" W 33.02cm H X 40.64cm W
price: $1,800 |