{"product_id":"il-golfo-di-napoli-la-spezia-e-gibilterra-dal-mare","title":"The Bay of Naples, La Spezia and Gibraltar from the Sea","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe artwork\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTop, in the first view, the island with the round tower on its summit is Nisida, which the engraver spells “Nisita”: in July 44 BC Brutus, the man of the Ides of March, sat there waiting for news.\u003c\/strong\u003e You receive it printed on handmade Amalfi paper, in a handmade frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat year Marcus Junius Brutus was praetor, and it fell to him to give the Games of Apollo in Rome. After Caesar's murder he had them held without him and stayed on the island. On 8 July Cicero crossed over from Pozzuoli to visit him and found him deeply upset: in Rome the games had been announced for the “Nones of July”, using the new name the month had taken in Caesar's honour. Brutus said that he would have the wild-beast hunt of the following day announced under the old name, Quintilis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plate belongs to \u003cem\u003eThe Little Sea Torch\u003c\/em\u003e, published in London in 1801 by John Thomas Serres for those who sailed along the coast, and it is a hand-coloured aquatint. Serres had seen this bay himself: in 1790 he travelled as far as Naples, and on his return he began signing himself “Giovanni T Serres”. The first view also shows Posillipo, engraved as “Pansilipo”, and Capri on the horizon; below come the Gulf of La Spezia and the New Mole of Gibraltar, which was not so new after all: the Spanish had begun it in 1620. The copy reproduced here belongs to the David Rumsey Map Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt looks good in a bright living room or above a chest of drawers, and it is a gift for anyone who spent their childhood between Posillipo and Bagnoli, or who was born in La Spezia. And Nisida, up there, is still waiting for news from Rome.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnique quality material\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrint on handmade Amalfi paper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheet size\u003c\/strong\u003e: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith frame\u003c\/strong\u003e: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.3 in)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial\u003c\/strong\u003e: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrame\u003c\/strong\u003e: dark brown with gold fillet, handmade, with glass\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trizio Editore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55571835912533,"sku":"CDF98H75ZW978","price":190.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/3411\/1829\/files\/il-golfo-di-napoli-la-spezia-e-gibilterra-dal-mare-principale.jpg?v=1793279997","url":"https:\/\/trizioeditore.it\/en\/products\/il-golfo-di-napoli-la-spezia-e-gibilterra-dal-mare","provider":"Trizio Editore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}