{"product_id":"athens-and-macedonia-pl-19-tombeaux-delafosse","title":"Athens \u0026 Macedonia, Pl. 19 — Nouvelle Iconologie Historique","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn allegorical tomb-design uniting Athens and Macedonia, layered with antique trophies, tripods, and funerary urns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal title: \u003cem\u003eAthenes et Macedoine.\u003c\/em\u003e Plate 19. Designed and engraved by Jean-Charles Delafosse. From the series \u003cem\u003eTombeaux\u003c\/em\u003e within \u003cem\u003eNouvelle Iconologie Historique ou Attributs Hieroglyphiques\u003c\/em\u003e. Published in Paris by Jean-François Daumont, c. 1770.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eTombeaux\u003c\/em\u003e sequence translated Delafosse's antiquarian sources — Piranesi's Roman fantasies, Le Roy's \u003cem\u003eRuines de la Grèce\u003c\/em\u003e — into ready-to-quarry templates for funerary monuments. They mark a key moment in the French rediscovery of Greek architecture, then beginning to displace Roman models in elite taste.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand-coloured copperplate engraving. Sheet approximately 46.7 × 33.9 cm. Very Good, with minor edge wear consistent with age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Nest","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51783235928350,"sku":null,"price":380.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5660\/0862\/files\/French_Monument_-_034_thumb_8480c7cc-cb72-4db3-814e-5677f2376066.jpg?v=1777201922","url":"https:\/\/phoenixnest.com.au\/products\/athens-and-macedonia-pl-19-tombeaux-delafosse","provider":"Phoenix Nest","version":"1.0","type":"link"}