Lot 215: An Italianate landscape, with fishermen on the shore and other figures resting by a natural arch, at sunset; and A rocky Italianate landscape, with figures unloading a ship and others resting on the shore by a villa, at sunrise

Carlo Bonavia (active Naples 1751-1788) An Italianate landscape, with fishermen on the shore and other figures resting by a natural arch, at sunset; and A rocky Italianate landscape, with figures unloading a ship and others resting on the shore by a villa, at sunrise oil on canvas 17¾ x 29 3/8 in. (45 x 74.6 cm.) (2)a pair

45 x 74.6 cm.

Art Quarterly, Spring 1959, nos. 19 and 21, fig. 14.

with Conaghi, London, by 1953. Anonymous sale; Christie’s, Rome, 1 June 1999, lot 739 (125,600,000 ITL). Anonymous sale; Christie's, Milan, 25 November 2011, lot 43 (€76,400), when acquired by the present owner.