Original 19th century engraving, hand-colored, with the so-called house of Virgil at Brindisi: the medieval ruin beside the harbor, with figures of fishermen and women at the foot of the stair. Engraved by C. Bertrand after a watercolor by Carl Werner.
Original 19th century engraving, hand-colored, with the so-called house of Virgil at Brindisi: the medieval ruin beside the harbor, with figures of fishermen and women at the foot of the stair. Engraved by C. Bertrand after a watercolor by Carl Werner.
Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner (1808-1894) was one of the most widely travelled German watercolorists of his century; his views of Italy and of the East circulated widely in engraved form.
Medium: Engraving, hand-colored.
Artist / after: Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner (1808-1894).
Engraver: C. Bertrand.
Date: About 1875.
Dimensions: Plate mark 10.4 x 7.7 in (26.5 x 19.5 cm).
Condition: Good; wide, clean margins.