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Xavier della Gatta (active Naples 1777-1829)
Lot 30

Xavier della Gatta (active Naples 1777-1829)

View of Naples with the Castel dell' Ovo, the Certosa di San Martino and the Castel Nuovo

Closed2 July 2013

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Xavier della Gatta (active Naples 1777-1829)
View of Naples with the Castel dell' Ovo, the Certosa di San Martino and the Castel Nuovo
signed and dated 'Xav.r Gatta pix. 1791' and with inscription 'Xav Gatta px 1791 Burghen ned Neapel med Castel dell' Uovo Tillhörande Kaj Sammlungen[?] Tegningen af C. Købke [Fortress, Naples beneath, with the city docks From the drawings [collection?] of C. Købke]' (on the backboard)
watercolour and bodycolour
10¾ x 16 3/8 in. (27.1 x 41.5 cm.)

Possibly Christen Købke (1810-1848), according to an inscription on the backboard.

Specialist note

An old inscription in Danish on the backboard suggests that the drawing may have formed part of the collection of the celebrated painter Christen Købke (1810-1848), who is now considered as one of the foremost artists of the Danish Golden Age.