Lot 39: Gaspar Butler (? active 1718-1730s Naples) Naples with the Riviera di Chiaia from the strada di Posillipo, with Vesuvius... oil on copper 17 x 41 ¼ in. (43.2 x 104.8 cm.)

Gaspar Butler (? active 1718-1730s Naples)
Naples with the Riviera di Chiaia from the strada di Posillipo, with Vesuvius beyond
indistinctly signed and dated 'Gasp[ar] Boila / Fecit Ano / 17[27]' (lower left)
oil on copper
17 x 41 ¼ in. (43.2 x 104.8 cm.)
in a contemporary English carved and gilded frame

Sale, London, probably late-19th century, lot 249 (according to a label on the reverse).
Private collection, England, by circa 1900, and by descent until 2011.
Anonymous sale [The Property of a Family]; Christie's, London, 5 July 2011, lot 50 (£229,250), when acquired by the present owner.