The tallest thing in this picture is not the lettering — it is the cliff. Riva del Garda's arcaded waterfront and two white sails sit in warm light at its foot, and the whole piece arrives in a black wood frame, ready to hang. An original vintage-style Italy travel poster for anyone who has stood on that promenade and looked up.
The design is drawn flat — an eye-level view from out on the water, with a sheer dark-teal cliff wall dropping straight into the lake across the centre-right, cream-and-ochre palazzi with an arched arcade and balustraded terraces stacked along the right edge, two white sailboats on rippled teal water lit with gold reflections, and softer distant ridges above a low cloud bank at the left. RIVA above DEL GARDA in bold slate type fills the upper-left sky, with LAGO DI GARDA set between short gold rules and TRENTINO • ITALIA beneath, worked in deep teal, pale mint, cream, ochre gold and slate blue. It is printed on 189 g/m² heavyweight matte art paper, 10.3 mil thick — an uncoated stock that keeps the flat colour edges crisp without a hint of glare — and arrives framed in slim black ayous wood behind an acrylite front protector, with the hanging hardware already fitted.
- Sizes: 14″ × 14″, 16″ × 16″ and 18"x 18" portrait, supplied framed in black
- Paper: 189 g/m2 heavyweight matte art paper, 10.3 mil (0.26 mm) thick, milled in Japan — uncoated, so no glare
- Frame: 0.75″ (1.9 cm) black ayous wood from renewable forests
- Front: acrylite protector in place of glass — lighter, and it does not shatter in transit
- Hanging hardware included — arrives ready to hang, no assembly
Size chart
| Framed size | Art panel | Works well |
|---|---|---|
| 14" × 14" framed | 14 × 14 in | desk nooks, hallways, gallery walls, small spaces, gifting |
| 16" × 16" framed | 16 × 16 in (fills the frame) | above a sofa, a bed head or a console |
| 18" × 18" framed | 18 × 18 in | above a sofa, bed, or console, living rooms, statement walls |
The square illustration is centred behind the acrylite front with an even paper margin above and below, so the frame reads clean without a mat. Framed pieces ship flat and boxed, and travel separately from any rolled posters in the same order.
Quick answers
Does it come framed, and in what sizes?
Yes — 14″ × 14″, 16″ × 16″, or 18″ × 18″ in portrait in a black ayous wood frame, 0.75″ (1.9 cm) thick, with an acrylite front protector and the hanging hardware already fitted. It arrives ready to hang.
Which size should I choose?
Is this a reprint of a vintage original?
No. It is an original illustration drawn in the mid-century travel-poster tradition — flat colour, clean edges, bold lettering — and a new composition made for RaZits. It is not a scan of a historic print.
Is the cliff at Riva del Garda really that steep?
Yes. Riva del Garda sits at the northern tip of Lake Garda, Italy's largest lake, where the water narrows into a fjord-like channel between near-vertical mountain walls, and Monte Rocchetta rises steeply above the town's western edge. The steady afternoon Ora wind that blows up the lake from the south is a big part of why Riva is one of Europe's best-known sailing and windsurfing spots.
Where Lake Garda ends and the mountains begin.
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