Attributed to Tommaso Ruiz (active 1740)

A panoramic View of Naples from the North with Vesuvius and the Bay beyond

Details

Attributed to Tommaso Ruiz (active 1740)
A panoramic View of Naples from the North with Vesuvius and the Bay beyond
oil on canvas
23½ x 53½in. (59.7 x 135.9cm.)

Provenance

P. Turner; Christie's, 8 Feb. 1926, lot 22, as 'Van Vitelli' (2gns. to Mrs. Robertson).

Lot Essay

Few paintings by Tommaso Ruiz are known, the earliest being dated 1732. The present picture can be compared to a signed series of five views of Naples by the artist, formerly at Uppark, datable to the 1740s.

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