A Crowd at a Mass in the Catacomb at Naples

This view of a mass held in the Naples catacombs is by a little-known draftsman, Antoine Meunier, who specialized in views of architecture. He produced panoramas of French cities such as Alès and Nîmes, and views in Paris dated between 1787 and 1789. This view in Naples seems to be a rare example of his activity in Italy. Many of his watercolors center on architecture and include inscriptions in stone providing information about the site or event and the date (see sale, Tajan, Paris, 22 November 2017).