Italian Hand Colored Engraving by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein: Framed; Based on the Original Collection of Sir William Hamilton's Ancient Vases

She has wings and one hand raised. He has a spear and his back turned.

A hand-colored, framed engraving by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, from Naples, Italy, about 1791, in ink on paper. The scene is drawn from Sir William Hamilton's ancient vases, whose published plates gave Europe's designers and painters a new vocabulary of clean line and classical figures. A winged woman in a long gown stands beside a helmeted warrior with a spear and a tall round shield, both orange against plain black. A broad carved black frame surrounds a cream mat. 27 inches wide, 26.5 high.

Neighbors on a vase for a very long time now, and still not talking.