Live Auction 10712Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours
Xavier della Gatta (active Naples 1777-1829)
Lot 62

Xavier della Gatta (active Naples 1777-1829)

View of Naples from the Strada di Posilippo, with Mount Vesuvius in the distance

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Xavier della Gatta (active Naples 1777-1829)
View of Naples from the Strada di Posilippo, with Mount Vesuvius in the distance
signed and dated 'Gatta p. 1794'
bodycolour
9 x 15 in. (23.1 x 38.2 cm.)

Specialist note

This view of the Bay of Naples shows the fortress of Castel Sant' Elmo on the top of the hill, the Castel dell'Ovo to the far right and Mount Vesuvius in the background. A larger and very similar view of the bay, signed and dated 'Xav.s Gatta P. 1783' and one of a pair, was sold at Christie's, New York, 29 January 2015, lot 119.