La Cava
Italian (Neapolitan) School
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
circa 1820
Materials
Gouache on paper
Measurements
140 x 190 mm
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 607926.10
Summary
Gouache on brown paper, La Cava, Italian (Neapolitan) School, circa 1820. One of a set of twelve gouache drawings. View of the mountainous village of Cava, building and viaduct to the right. In the foreground to the left a group of male and female peasants dancing, in traditional costume. Distant mountains. 'La Cava (written in gold below drawing). On brown paper page with wash border, in a red leather sketchbook.
Provenance
Possibly 3rd Lord Berwick collection: William Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick (1773-1842). By descent bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
la Cava (written in gold below drawing)
Makers and roles
Italian (Neapolitan) School, artist