V. ALOJA (19th) after D'ANNA (*1743), Tomb of Mamia near Pompeii, 1806, Etching Vincenzo Aloja (19th century) after Alessandro d'Anna (1743 Palermo - 1810 ibid.): Tomb of Mamia on the Via dei Sepolcri near Pompeii, 1806, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Inscription: At the lower part signed in the printing plate: "Ales.o d'Anna dis. / Vinco Aloja inc.". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "Veduta del Sepolcro di Mamia [...] In Napoli presso Nicola Gervasi al Gigante di Palazzo No. 23". Date: 1806 Description: This engraving depicts an ancient ruin site on the Pompeii burial route. In the foreground, figures and animals populate a path leading to a partially eroded, columned tomb on a hill. Subtle cloud formations also create an elegiac atmosphere in the sky. 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: Pompeii; Campania; Vesuvius; engraving; ruins; antiquity; temple; columns; hill; path; figures; animals; elegant; clouds; sky; erosion; architecture; history; illustration; classicism; art history; landscape; archaeology, 19th century, Romanticism, Cities, Italy, Pompeii (Campanian), Size: Paper: 31,0 cm x 41,8 cm (12,2 x 16,5 in), Plate: 22,9 cm x 30,6 cm (9 x 12 in), Depiction: 17,4 cm x 26,1 cm (6,9 x 10,3 in)