Carlo Bonavia (Active in Naples 1755 - Napoli 1788)
Grand Tourists visiting the temple of Diana at Baia , 1776
Oil on canvas
cm 64 x 50
Provenance
Naples, Donato Antonio Tommasi, Minister of Francesco I Bourbon (1777-1830), King of Naples and the Two Sicilies and thence by descent
Literature
unpublished; the painting can be related to wider views by Bonavia of this part of the Neapolitan Landscape, particularly the painting in the Molinari Pradelli Collection at Bologna, though this is taken in a different light, earlier in the day and not at dusk, as usual, and the vegetation and the atmosphere appear fresher and more vivid; in veryJoin our mailing list
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