Art - What does this say/mean? by ? Veduta dell'Arco

14 years ago

I was cruising the local flee market and found this picture. I really like it but have no idea what it says. I'm weird about buying stuff if I don't know what it says or what it's all about.

Anyone have a clue? I can't find anything specific.

I didn't buy it (yet). Trying to learn to walk away at times and see if I still have the same fuzzy feeling later. It's $10.00

I didn't resize it so you could see better.

{{!gwi}}

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newdawn1895
14 years ago
It could be called business as usual. But does it go with your room, that's the important thing IMO. And it's only ten bucks Shee.

.....Jane
peaches12345
14 years ago
It means "View of the Arch of Titus" a Roman Emperor. Just google the title and all the info is there.
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justgotabme
14 years ago
I don't have the best of eyesight and this time of day I have the sun glare on my computer screen, but if you go to the link below and type in anything it will translate if for you. Ofcourse you have to know the language it's written in first. You could always try a few until you got it right though.

Here is a link that might be useful: BabelFish
peaches12345
14 years ago
Yes, as I said the translation is "View of the Arch of Titus". It is Latin.
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14 years ago
Boy I feel stupid now. lol Thanks guys! I did do some searches but didn't read far enough.

Newdawn - I'm not sure where I'd use it which is another reason it's still there. I have plenty of bare walls it's just a matter of it'll work.

Justgotabeme - I never knew what the BabelFish was. Pretty cool. Thanks!
justgotabme
14 years ago
Your welcome. I thought maybe you'd want to translate the rest of what it said. I'm with you. I don't like things written in other languages unless I know what they say either. I mean it could say something not so nice that I certainly wouldn't want in our home.
lindac
14 years ago
It looks like an original engraving, signed in pencil on the lower left corner and the edition numbered in the lower right corner....
Of course buy it!....and it's framed?And matted?
Wow!
And by the way...it's "flea market" not flee...
Linda C
mitchdesj
14 years ago
lindac, sheesharee has to flee from those flea markets, she always comes out with a potential purchase.......... lol.........

why fleas ?; because the old stuff could have fleas ?

A friend of mine used to say: I went to the opus and bought this and that... couldn't figure out what she meant, until I asked and she said,
marshay opus, as in french, marchÃ© aux puces ( flea market)........lol
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14 years ago
Lindac - I didn't get a great look at it because there was so much crap piled around it I was afraid to break anything! lol From what I could see the frame looked to be pretty nice. I actually thought it was a print and that wasn't matting.? Thanks for the correction but it was still early here and that's a typo! :)

Mitch - You're right I need to stay out of them. I've been pretty good lately. I've walked away from many, many things. 6 months ago I would've came home with the pretty vintage needlepoint chairs I saw. Annnd they'd be in the basement joining the claw foot desk, other chairs, and lamps.
Ideefixe
14 years ago
I really doubt that anyone needs to worry about Italian or Latin obscenities sneaking into the house under the cover of classical art.

The original is in San Francisco.

Luigi Rossini, artist
Italian, 1790--1857
Veduta dell' Arco di Tito (View of the Arch of Titus), 1819
Etching

What are the dates in the corners? That will tell you when it was published and where.

I bought two Claude Lorrain prints, from 1807 and 1812, at a yard sale, for $10. The family thought I was buying them for the frames.

Here is a link that might be useful: Image Base
2ajsmama
14 years ago
I'd get it if you have a place for it. Otherwise send it to me LOL, it might go well with my Lippi Madonna!

Does Babelfish do Latin translations? I looked and didn't see Latin listed.

My high school Latin is rusty, but it's mostly names. The first line is the famous "The Senate and the People of Rome" then I think it says something like (I'm assuming "given to" or "in honor of" is implied) "the divine Titus Vespasian, son of ("f." for "filius") the divine Vespasian Augustus"

After an emperor died he was deified, hence the "divine" - this was apparently erected after Titus's death, not to celebrate a triumph.
lindac
14 years ago
Buy it....I really think it is an original print of the artist....
Prints were made in editions....there were many "originals"...I suspect that the one you found is part of the first edition of prints....
For 10 bucks buy it and find out! It won't be worth thousands...but certainly more than $10...
nhb22
14 years ago
It will be interesting to see what you have their. However, it does appear to be an engraving to me, but not matted.
Ideefixe
14 years ago
Some Rossini prints retail for around $500.

Rossini made a whole series of Roman Antiquities.

http://www.georgeglazer.com/prints/aanda/arch/rossini1.html

Here is a link that might be useful: Rossini engravings of Rome

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