La Turbie by Augusta Payne Rathbone
La Turbie
Augusta Payne Rathbone
Title
La Turbie
Artist
Augusta Payne Rathbone
1897 - 1990 (biography)Year
c. 1935
Technique
etching & aquatint
Image Size
14 1/2 x 10 1/2" platemark
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
key plate proof
Annotations
"destroyed" in pencil in lower left margin
Reference
Paper
heavy cream wove
State
Publisher
Inventory ID
AR279
Price
$350.00
Description
La Turbie is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. It is a Medieval village perched on the cliffs overlooking Monaco and the Mediterranean. Looming over the village is the Roman ruin of the Trophee d'Auguste, a monument for the Roman roads Via Julia and the Aurelian Way between Rome and Roman Gaul. The Trophy was built in 6 BC on the highest point on the long Roman road into Gaul. It is believed that columns once circled the colonnade and the monument had a stepped conical roof that was probably topped with a statue of Augustus.