Alange Spa - Antique print 1810 - Alexandre Laborde
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Original engraving of the Alange Spa, in Badajoz, by Alexandre Laborde.
Provenance: Painterly and Historical Voyage of Spain. A descendant of Spaniards on his father's side, Alexander Laborde came to Spain as an attaché at the embassy of Lucian Bonaparte and toured the peninsula between 1800 and 1805 as an archaeologist. The result of his study of numerous monuments is his work Painterly and Historical Voyage of Spain, a monumental, precise, erudite, and very well-crafted work. Its four volumes contain a compendium of political and civil history, many archaeological monuments and more than 900 engravings thanks to the collaboration of great draftsmen and engravers.
Print dimensions 23 x 28.5 cm.
Good conservation.
The inhabitants of Emerita Augusta, one of the most important Roman villas in Iberia, were regular visitors to the Alange thermal baths, famous for the relaxing properties of their Mineral-Medicinal Waters, especially indicated for the treatment of ailments related to the nervous system. In the 3rd century, the praetor Licinius Serenus had thermal baths and auxiliary rooms built in the area of the Alange spring, after noticing the notable improvement experienced by his daughter Varinia Serena in her neurological problems after taking the waters of Alange.
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Original engraving of the Alange Spa, in Badajoz, by Alexandre Laborde.
Provenance: Painterly and Historical Voyage of Spain. A descendant of Spaniards on his father's side, Alexander Laborde came to Spain as an attaché at the embassy of Lucian Bonaparte and toured the peninsula between 1800 and 1805 as an archaeologist. The result of his study of numerous monuments is his work Painterly and Historical Voyage of Spain, a monumental, precise, erudite, and very well-crafted work. Its four volumes contain a compendium of political and civil history, many archaeological monuments and more than 900 engravings thanks to the collaboration of great draftsmen and engravers.
Print dimensions 23 x 28.5 cm.
Good conservation.
The inhabitants of Emerita Augusta, one of the most important Roman villas in Iberia, were regular visitors to the Alange thermal baths, famous for the relaxing properties of their Mineral-Medicinal Waters, especially indicated for the treatment of ailments related to the nervous system. In the 3rd century, the praetor Licinius Serenus had thermal baths and auxiliary rooms built in the area of the Alange spring, after noticing the notable improvement experienced by his daughter Varinia Serena in her neurological problems after taking the waters of Alange.