Isle of Capri and Bay of Naples
Italian (Neapolitan) School
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
circa 1898 - 1899
Materials
Watercolour and bodycolour on paper
Measurements
502 x 690 mm
Place of origin
Capri
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 14159
Summary
Watercolour and bodycolour on paper, Isle of Capri and Bay of Naples, Italian (Neapolitan) School, circa 1898/9. Three labels on reverse. First typed label top right reads, Bought by GAG in Naples / in 1899. Second label centre bottom reads, FROM / A.BAIRD-CARTER, / PRINTSELLER / DEALER in WORKS OF ART. / 61, Jermyn Street, / (four doors from St.James's Street) / LONDON, S.W. Third handwritten label bottom right reads, View of Capri / In the Bay of Naples / from the Mainland. / Bought in Naples 1898. One of a group of three with NT14137 and NT16428.
Provenance
Bought by George Abraham Gibbs in Naples in 1898/9; purchased by the National Trust from the estate of the late George Richard Lawley Gibbs, 2nd Baron Wraxall (1928 – 2001) with the assistance of the NHMF, the Art Fund and donations from members and supporters in 2002
Makers and roles
Italian (Neapolitan) School, artist