The Bay of Naples with Mounts Vesuvius and Somma, 1782/1794

Not on View

Medium

watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on laid paper mounted to paperboard

Dimensions

overall: 62.8 x 93.8 cm (24 3/4 x 36 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Woodner Collection, Gift of Andrea Woodner

Accession Number

2006.11.67

Artists / Makers

Giovanni Battista Lusieri (artist) Italian, c. 1755 - 1821

Image Use

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Provenance

The artist's heirs; purchased by the 7th Earl of Elgin (1824-1841); by descent to the 11th Earl of Elgin and the 15th Earl of Kincardine; (their sale, London, Sotheby's, 30 June 1986, lot 110); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990.

Associated Names

Woodner and Ms. Andrea Woodner, Dian, Ms.
Woodner, Andrea
Woodner, Ian

Exhibition History

1990: All'ombra del Vesuvio: Napoli nella veduta europea dal Quattrocento all'Ottocento, Castel Sant'Elmo, Naples, 1990, 407 (reproduced p. 147).

1990: In the Shadow of Vesuvius: Views of Naples from Baroque to Romanticism, 1631-1830, Accademia Italiana delle Arti e delle Arti Applicate, London, 1990, 128, as Naples from Mergellina (reproduced p. 83 and cover).

1990: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 47.

1995: The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 97.

2006: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007.

2008: Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2008-2009.

2012: Expanding Horizons: Giovanni Battista Lusieri and the Panoramic Landscape, Royal Scottish Academy Building, Edinburgh, 2012.

2017: The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries, NGA, 2017.

Bibliography

1987: Spinosa, Nicola. Pittura napoletana del Settecento dal Rococò al Classicismo. Naples, 1987: no. 342, pl. 75, as Napoli da ponente.

1989: Spinosa, Nicola and Leonardo Di Mauro. Vedute napoletane del Settecento. Naples, 1989: 161-162, no. 183, pl. 109, as Mergellina.

1992: Seta, Cesare de. L'Italia del Grand Tour: Da Montaigne a Goethe. Naples, 1992: 185 (reproduced), as Napoli da Mergellina.

1995: The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996: no. 97.