{"product_id":"ap_24127","title":"Mégare 1846","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"68\" data-end=\"479\"\u003eThis 1846 original lithographic engraving after Théodore Du Moncel depicts the historic Greek town of Mégare (Megara), rendered as part of the celebrated publication \u003cem data-start=\"246\" data-end=\"282\"\u003eAthènes monumentale et pittoresque\u003c\/em\u003e. The work reflects the nineteenth-century European fascination with Greece, where archaeology, travel, and Romantic landscape art converged to document both ancient heritage and contemporary life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"481\" data-end=\"888\"\u003eThe composition combines architectural observation with atmospheric landscape. In the foreground, figures in traditional dress animate the scene beside the ruins of a weathered tower, while the distant town spreads across the hillside under a wide Mediterranean sky. Such staffage figures were typical of travel lithography, providing scale and human context while evoking the poetic aura of historic sites.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"890\" data-end=\"1288\"\u003eThe lithograph was executed by Théodore Du Moncel, with figures drawn by H. de Rossi, and published in London by E. Gambart, Junin \u0026amp; Cie, a major distributor of fine prints during the mid-nineteenth century. These prints were aimed at collectors, scholars, and travelers eager for visual documentation of Greece at a time when systematic archaeological exploration was still developing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1290\" data-end=\"1633\"\u003eToday, this engraving is valued both as an artistic work and as a historical document. It captures Megara at a moment when classical memory, Ottoman-era remnants, and modern Greek identity coexisted, offering a refined example of nineteenth-century topographical lithography and the enduring European fascination with the landscapes of Greece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEngraving\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArchitecture - Greece\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMonumental and Picturesque Athens. Lithograph by Th. Du Moncel. Illustration by H. de Rossi - London published by E. Gambart Junin \u0026amp; Cie - Victor Delarue \u0026amp; Cie\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePrinted by Auguste Bry in Paris\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood condition, slight soiling\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Du Moncel Théodore d'après","offers":[{"title":"45 x 61 \/ A","offer_id":52756530921799,"sku":null,"price":700.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/9275\/3081\/files\/AP_24127Insta2.jpg?v=1770896411","url":"https:\/\/galerie1881.fr\/en\/products\/ap_24127","provider":"Galerie 1881","version":"1.0","type":"link"}