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From The Artist

(Pequeño aviso para que puedas hacerte una mejor idea: recuerda que las medidas aparecen en pulgadas y los precios en dólares).

«"I can't stop imagining Hannibal at that moment," he continued. His faithful servants have warned him of the arrival of the Roman embassy; he has tried to see Prusias to demand that he honor his obligations as host or provide him with the means to escape, but he has ordered him to wait in his chambers. He hears hurried footsteps down the corridor and recognizes the metallic click of the studs on the sandals of the Roman legionnaires. There is an imperious knock on the door. He knows that the long fight of his life has come to an end and he doubts if it was all worth it. He remembers his father Hamilcar and so many comrades-in-arms who have fallen by the wayside. He remembers the glory at Cannae and the humiliation at Zama, he wonders if everything could have been otherwise. If he has been a victim of his own mistakes or the gods' weariness before the burning passion of a man who never knew how to give up anything. For all his questions he has only one answer: in the hour of his defeat he will not be paraded like a trophy, defeated and outraged, through the streets of Rome.

»He puts the contents of his ring in his mouth and a bitter fire opens the door to the darkness where nothing matters, where everything is forgotten…».

(For the historical novel Hannibal's Anger, Arturo Gonzalo Aizpiri).

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«-No puedo dejar de imaginar a Aníbal en ese instante –continuó-. Los criados que le son fieles le han advertido de la llegada de la embajada romana; ha intentado ver a Prusias para reclamarle que honre sus obligaciones de anfitrión o que le facilite los medios para huir, pero este le ha ordenado que aguarde en sus aposentos. Escucha pasos apresurados por el corredor y reconoce el repiqueteo metálico de las tachuelas de las sandalias de los legionarios romanos. Suenan golpes imperiosos en la puerta. Sabe que la larga contienda de su vida ha llegado a su fin y duda de si todo ha merecido la pena. Recuerda a su padre Amílcar y a tantos compañeros de armas que han quedado por el camino. Recuerda la gloria en Cannas y la humillación en Zama, se pregunta si todo hubiera podido ser de otra manera. Si ha sido víctima de sus propios errores o del hartazgo de los dioses ante la pasión abrasadora de un hombre que nunca supo renunciar a nada. Para todas sus preguntas sólo tiene una respuesta: que en la hora de su derrota no será paseado como trofeo, vencido y ultrajado, por las calles de Roma.

»Se echa a la boca el contenido de su sortija y un fuego acerbo le abre la puerta a la oscuridad donde nada importa, donde todo se olvida…

(Para la novela histórica La cólera de Aníbal, Arturo Gonzalo Aizpiri).

Sandra Delgado

I have always painted; I had no choice, so to speak.

After more than fifteen years making mainly historical and mythological illustrations for different media in several countries, I feel like a time traveler (with a lot of books and brushes in my backpack) who never stops discovering and learning, and who has the privileged possibility to open for others some kind of illustrated window to the past.

I also have had the opportunity to illustrate many other types of stories, tales, novels (what’s better than a good story?), and I'm exploring new fields to continue doing so ...

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This is a gallery-quality giclée art print on 100% cotton rag archival paper, printed with archival inks. Each art print is listed by sheet size. Our 4 inch prints feature a minimum half-inch margin while larger sizes feature a minimum one-inch margin.

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