Portrait of a Gentleman

Image credit: Compton Verney

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This veduta, or view, was taken from the water’s edge of Posillipo, north of Naples, close to Palazzo Donn’Anna, which can be seen in the left foreground. It records many of the city’s famous sights, including the wide bay, churches and Vesuvius. Magnificent gondolas float on the blue sea, while on the beach people are fishing and eating. The view is one of many painted for the Spanish Viceroy of Naples, Luis de la Cerda, Duke of Medinaceli (1660­­­­–1711), by the Dutch artist Gaspar van Wittel, who was known in Italy as Gaspare Vanvitelli.

Compton Verney

Compton Verney

Title

Portrait of a Gentleman

Date

c.1750

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 128.8 x W 102.5 cm

Accession number

CVCSC : 0289.S

Acquisition method

purchased, 2002

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

painted : della cuna alla to^ba [sic]

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