Lot 120: Pietro Antoniani (Milan circa 1740-1805) Naples and the Riviera di Chiaia from the Convento di Sant'Antonio,

Naples and the Riviera di Chiaia from the Convento di Sant'Antonio, with Mount Vesuvius in the distance
oil on paper, laid down on canvas
31 x 50cm (12 3/16 x 19 11/16in).

The present composition is known in four other versions by Pietro Antoniani: Sale, Sotheby's, London, 30 October 1991, lot 201 (32.5 x 50 cm.); Sale, Christie's, London, 17 December 1999, lot 67 (66 x 132.6 cm.); Sale, Christie's, London, 9 April 1990, lot 85 (67 x 131.8 cm.); with Richard Green (Fine Paintings), July 1971 (65 x 131.5 cm.). While each composition varies in size as well as certain details, they all include the two vessels and the carriage to the left hand side.