Gulf of Naples

Sir Muirhead Bone

Associated Names
Muirhead Bone

Artist, Scottish, 1876 - 1953

The image is a coastal landscape painting. The horizon is in the lower third, with a mountain range stretching across it. The mountains fade into the distance, connecting with a town along the shoreline. The style features delicate brushstrokes and light linework, resembling watercolor. Colors include soft blues, grays, hints of green, and muted earth tones. The water shows subtle horizontal strokes resembling waves, with a sailing ship on the right. The sky is vast and lightly clouded.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 15.7 x 25.4 cm (6 3/16 x 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1902


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

LJR (Lugt Supp.1760b)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1930

  • Drawings, Etchings, Lithographs by Muirhead Bone, The Print Club of Philadelphia, 1930, no. 4.

Inscriptions

lower left: Muirhead Bone; in unknown hand, lower right verso: Gulfof Naples; in later hand, lower center verso: 15; lower right verso: CO

Wikidata ID

Q64632466

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