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Lot 254: Pietro Fabris (Naples circa 1740-1792) View of Pozzuoli showing the high road from Naples

Est: £1,000 GBP - £1,500 GBP
BonhamsLondon, United KingdomOctober 26, 2011

Item Overview

Description

View of Pozzuoli showing the high road from Naples to Pozzuoli and Monte Barbaro
hand-coloured etching on paper
20.7 x 39.1cm (8 1/8 x 15 3/8in).

Artist or Maker

Notes


The present work is an example of Fabris's hand-coloured etchings after his own drawing, carried out under William Hamilton's direction. The plates illustrated Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei (published in Naples, 1776), a seminal work on the nature and effects of volcanic explosions.

Auction Details

Old Master Paintings

by
Bonhams
October 26, 2011, 12:00 PM GMT

Montpelier Street Knightsbridge, London, LDN, SW7 1HH, UK