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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

View from Castellammare to the Gulf of Naples and Mount Vesuvius

Franz Ludwig Catel
1778-1856

View from Castellammare to the Gulf of Naples and Mount Vesuvius

ca. 1818-1819
6 13/16 x 11 5/16 inches (174 x 287 mm)
Watercolor and opaque watercolor over black chalk on blue paper.
2017.27

Thaw Collection.

Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and inscribed by the artist on the former mount in brown ink, "Vecchio Castello. Castell a Mare. / Catel." and by another hand, "Berühmter Maler".
Associated names
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Bibliography
Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 40, repr.
The Thaw collection of master drawings : acquisitions since 2002. New York : Morgan Library & Museum, 2009, no. 30, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department