05.03.2018-06.15.2018
At the Foot of Mount Vesuvius
Neapolitan gouaches 18th-19th centuries
The Galerie Grand-Rue invites you to visit its exposition of Neapolitan gouaches to mark the opening of the Spring Season of Art en Vieille-Ville.
The works of Saverio della Gatta (active c. 1777-1827), one of the pioneers of the genre, will be on display along with some signed gouaches by Camillo de Vito (active c. 1790-1830), Giuseppe Scoppa (active middle 19th c.), and Giorgio Glass (active beginning 19th c.).
A beautiful selection of works representing night-time eruptions of Vesuvius completes the collection, including a breath-taking panorama of the city of Naples from the sea, a vision whose epic grandeur is echoed in the herculean proportions of the physical work of art itself (being approximately 130 cm wide and signed by the artist Francesco Fergola, 1801-1874).
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Saverio DELLA GATTA (actif à Naples de circa 1777 à 1827)
Veduta di Pozzuoli da occidente
Gouache sur papier vélin, signée et datée en bas à droite « Xav. della Gatta 1802 Neap. »
35,4 x 53 cm