The Molo in the Bay of Naples
Christoph Heinrich Kniep (Hildesheim 1755 - Naples 1825)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1788 (signed and dated) - 1788
Materials
Sepia wash on paper
Measurements
515 x 730 mm
Place of origin
Naples
Order this imageCollection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 355500.8
Summary
Pen and ink with sepia wash drawing on paper, The Molo in the Bay of Naples by Christoph Heinrich Kniep (Hildensheim 1755 – Naples 1825), inscribed lower centre '... di Napoli, C. Kniep fec 1788'. Giltwood frame, glazed, card mount. Entrance to a harbour with lighthouse, shipping, and building at right, with figures on shoreline in foreground.
Provenance
Bequeathed with the hall and contents by Philip, 11th Marquess of Lothian (1882-1940)
Makers and roles
Christoph Heinrich Kniep (Hildesheim 1755 - Naples 1825), artist
References
Striehl 1998 Georg Striehl Der Zeichner Christoph Heinrich Kniep (1755 - 1825), 1988, Cat. 425, pl. 170