ATTRIBUTED TO PIETRO FABRIS (NAPLES ACTIVE 1756–1804)
Lot 238

ATTRIBUTED TO PIETRO FABRIS (NAPLES ACTIVE 1756–1804)

Vesuvius erupting at night

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ATTRIBUTED TO PIETRO FABRIS (NAPLES ACTIVE 1756–1804)
Vesuvius erupting at night
oil on canvas
25 7/8 x 34 ¼ in. (65.7 x 87 cm.)

Anonymous sale [The Property of a Gentleman]; Christie's, London, 23 March 1990, lot 51, as 'Attributed to Pierre-Jacques Volaire'.

Note du spécialiste

We are grateful to Ermanno Bellucci for proposing the attribution on the basis of a photograph. This view almost certainly shows Vesuvius, and may show King Ferdinand of Naples in the foreground watching the spectacle as the volcano erupts.