The Bay of Naples near the Slopes of Vesuvius with the Sorrentine Peninsula in the distance
Tommaso Ruiz (fl.1740)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1740 - 1755
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
420 x 995 mm (16 1/2 x 39 1/4 in)
Place of origin
Campania
Order this imageCollection
Uppark House and Garden, West Sussex
NT 138306.4
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Bay of Naples near the Slopes of Vesuvius with the Sorrentine Peninsula in the distance by Tommaso Ruiz (fl.1740), signed, bottom left: Tomaso Ruiz Ft., circa 1740/55. From a set of five Neapolitan views probably bought by Sir Matthew on his Grand Tour in Itly, 1749-51. Nothing is known of Ruiz, whose name suggests a Spanish origin. (P/141a, b and c are others in set. One was destroyed in 1989).
Provenance
Presumably by Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh when he was in Italy, 1749-51; purchased by the National Trust from the Trustees of the late R.J. Meade-Fetherstonhaugh, Esq. in 1978
Credit line
Uppark, The Fetherstonhaugh Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Tomaso Ruiz Ft (signed bottom left)
Makers and roles
Tommaso Ruiz (fl.1740), artist