Grotta a 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 607926.4
Summary
Gouache on brown paper, Grotta a la Cava, Italian (Neapolitan) School, circa 1820. One of a set of twelve gouache drawings, circa 1820. Gouache on paper. View of the grotto at Cava; a foliage-covered rock overhangs caves. Figures and donkey on the bridge, two ladies stand in doorway to a house built into the rock face on the right. 'Grotta a 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
Grotta a la Cava (written in gold below drawing)
Makers and roles
Italian (Neapolitan) School, artist