Giulio Aristide Sartorio (Italian,1860-1932)
The coast of Lebanon
signed and inscribed 'G.A. Sartorio. Bayrut. Le stele ai Asarhaddon a'Nahr el Kalb' (upper left)
oil on canvas board
23 5/8 x 29 ½ in. (60 x 74.5 cm.)
The stelae of Nahr el-Kalb are a group of over 20 inscriptions and rock reliefs which are carved into the limestone rocks around the estuary of the Nahr al-Kalb in Lebanon, just north of Beirut.