Gabrielli Carelli was a landscape painter, particularly of Italian views. Descended from a family of artists originally from Monopoli, near Bridisi, he was born in Naples in 1821. He was the second son of Raffaele Carelli who was the favoured artist of the 6th Duke of Devonshire and travelled and worked with him in Italy and the Middle East. Gabrielli Carelli took over this position from his father and moved to England in the early 1840's. Queen Victoria was a great admirer of his work and acquired more than a hundred of his watercolours, some of which still remain in the Royal Collection.
Gabrielli Carelli
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Gabrielli Carelli
An Angler before a Fortress on the Italian Coast
signed and dated 'Gab. Carelli 1865'; pencil and watercolour heightened with white, unframed
5½ x 9in. (14 x 22.8cm.); and three unframed watercolours of landscapes and coastal scenes by the same artist (4)
An Angler before a Fortress on the Italian Coast
signed and dated 'Gab. Carelli 1865'; pencil and watercolour heightened with white, unframed
5½ x 9in. (14 x 22.8cm.); and three unframed watercolours of landscapes and coastal scenes by the same artist (4)