(Gatehouse on a fortified Roman bridge)

 

A. Manna

 

c. 1920  

etching 

7 7/8 x 10 3/4" platemark 

pencil signed in lower right (indecipherable); signed "A. Manna" in plate, lower left 

not stated 

 

 

heavy, antique-white wove 

published 

artist 

22023 

$150.00 

This bridge appears to be a fortified Roman bridge, similar to those built in the 14th century in Italy. As with the famous Castelvecchio bridge in Verona, it features two-pronged ghibelline merlons lining the ramparts, and the stones lining the arch are of a pale stone (likely marble) while the rest of the bridge is made of a darker material (likely red brick). During World War II, the Castelvecchio was mostly destroyed by German bombs, and later rebuilt; it is thought that this may too may have been destroyed, and is lost to history.