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Code 7826
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1705598549Code 7826 Amalfi LithographLithograph on paper from Amalfi in the province of Salerno, Italy, dating back to the mid-19th century, depicting a view of the ancient ruins with the village, the perched village and the sea, signed Auguste Anastasi on the bottom right. Non-coeval frame. Litho measurements 14x9 cm – 5.5x3.5 cm. Frame measures 35.3x29.3 cm – 13.8x11.5 inches. Good condition, some small stains.
Amalfi is located in Italy in the province of Salerno on the south-western coast of Italy and is considered the pearl of the Amalfi Coast, from which the coast itself takes its name. Amalfi is a small town immersed in an enchanting natural environment, characterized by a mountainous area with steep cliffs. Between the 9th and 11th centuries AD. C. was the seat of a powerful Maritime Republic.
Auguste Anastasi Paris 1820-1889 attended the School of Fine Arts in Paris in 1849, participated in various competitions, obtaining numerous awards. He painted and made lithographs in Paris, in Holland, Rome and above all in Naples. He collaborated as a lithographer on the magazines L'artiste and Les Artistes contemporaines, from 1860 he was afflicted by blindness and shortly after he stopped painting. His colleagues organized a lottery converting the profits into an income, after his death the Academy of Fine Arts allocated this income to an emerging artist in need.
Lithography is a printing process that has spread since the 19th century, invented in Munich in 1798 by Aloys Senefelder (1771-1834). This process exploits the characteristics of greasy inks of not adhering to damp surfaces. For this purpose, a porous limestone from Solnhofen in Germany was used which was cut into slabs and smoothed and on which drawing was done directly with pencils and lithographic chalks based on fatty substances. At this point it is wetted with water and can be inked with a roller. The barely visible design, being made up of fatty materials, repels water and allows the ink to set, which does not happen where the surface remains damp. A sheet is pressed and the print is made. By polishing the stone it can be reused many times. The speed of creation, the cost-effectiveness and the possibility of printing both the text and the illustration with a single matrix sanctioned the success of lithography until the advent of photographic techniques, which became a formidable means of mass diffusion.
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