Lot 174: ATTRIBUTED TO GABRIELE RICCIARDELLI ACTIVE IN NAPLES IN THE 18TH CENTURY

A VIEW OF CASTEL DELL'OVO FROM THE BAY OF TRENTAREMI, NAPLES;
A VIEW OF THE DARSENA, NAPLES

each: 30 by 49 7/8 in.; 76 by 126.5 cm.

a pair, both oil on canvas

QUANTITY: 2

Gabriele Ricciardelli was probably a pupil of Nicola Bonito and Jan Frans van Bloemen. He worked for the Bourbon court at Portici and made several overdoors for the Palazzo Reale in Naples. He was exceptional among the Neapolitan view painters in that he spent part of his career in England and Ireland. His four vedute of Naples engraved by Antonio Cardon in 1765 had great success (see All'ombra del Vesuvio. Napoli nella veduta europea dal Quattrocento all'Ottocento, catalogue of the exhibition, Castel Sant'Elmo, Naples, May-July 1990 pp.134-135).

A similar point of view of the Darsena has been treated by Vanvitelli (Naples, Museo di San Martino, see op.cit. p.174).