Nocturnal Rome Colosseum — Fine Art

The Nocturnal Rome Colosseum shows a stone amphitheatre under a dark sky, built from measured black lines on a pale ground. MC Escher drew the arches and broken walls with steady pen strokes, so the heavy shapes sit quiet against the empty air.

This fine art print sits in a frame with a back panel, and the assembled picture arrives ready to hang when you choose that option. The paper stays matte, so the soft grey tones do not shine under a lamp and the drawn stone keeps its flat look.

In a dining room, the print hangs on the wall beside the table and the dark arches settle the corner while you eat. From the doorway the big shapes read first, and when you step nearer the thin pen lines show the broken blocks of the Roman ruin.