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Description: | Signed: yes Description: Consalvo Carrelli was born in Naples in 1818, and died there in 1900. This work is typical of his oeuvre in its depiction of his home town and in the influence of the French landscape painters Claude and Poussin. In this work, Naples is bathed in pink early morning, or late evening light. The view is taken from cliffs above the bay, and the painting conveys an essentail tranquility. However, Mount Vesuvius smoking quietly in the background reminds us of the fragility of that peace. Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano on the European mainland and erupted many times in both the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries - most notably in 1872. Its threat to the heavily populated areas lying in its shadow was, and is, very real. | Subjects: | townscape; place (Naples); landscape | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Carelli, Gonsalvo (Italian painter, 1818-1900) Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8648... | Go to resource |
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