Portique d'Octavie à Rome; marché aux poissons

About this artwork

Prent behoort tot de prentserie: Dix eaux-fortes par A. Numans. Bij Hippert&Linnig wordt gesproken over een titelprent met de titel 'Six eaux-fortes (...)'. Waarschijnlijk gaat het om dezelfde prent als RP-P-1913-2243 want in de letter 'D' zijn contouren van een letter 'S' te zien. Mogelijk is de titelprent later aangepast om de prentserie uit te breiden van zes naar tien prenten.

Art Historical Context

Auguste Numans’s etching *Portique d’Octavie à Rome; marché aux poissons* invites viewers into a lively Roman scene framed by one of the city’s most evocative ancient monuments. Created between 1833 and 1883, the print depicts the Portico of Octavia, a first-century BCE structure originally dedicated by Emperor Augustus to his sister, now bustling with fish. The juxtaposition of monumental classical architecture and everyday commerce captures the nineteenth-century fascination with Rome as both a timeless ruin and a living city. Executed in etching, the work belongs to Numans’s series *Dix ea...

About the Artist

Auguste Numans · 1822–1901

Auguste Numans (1822–1901) was a Belgian painter, draftsman, and printmaker whose career spanned the full breadth of Belgium's cultural golden age in the 19th century. Born on April 22, 1823, in Brussels (though some historical records suggest Antwerp), and dying on October 16, 1901, in Brussels, Numans worked during a period when Belgian art achieved international recognition through figures like...