FRANCESCO CICHE Engraving, Map and Plan of the Siege of the Citadel of Messina center table With period frames

With period frames

carved limestone pilaster column top salvaged from the facade of a Beaux-Arts neoclassical building

It is cast with a narrow

Hand fashioned of huge slabs of stone

ISBN 10: 0810917882

FRANCESCO CICHE Engraving, Map and Plan of the Siege of the Citadel of Messina center table With period framesDETAILS An antique 18th century engraving. This fort in Messina, Sicily was built from 1680 to 1686 by the Spanish Empire. TITLE Piano dell'Assedio della Cittadella di Messina incominciato li 19 Agosto 1719 e finito li 19 Ottobre dello stesso Anno mediante la Capitolatione accordata alle Truppe Spagnuole FRAMING Matted and framed MAKER Francesco Cich (Italian, circa 1690 1742), active 1707 42 PERIOD Early 18th century DATE Circa 1721 DIMENSIONS Width