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Description: | Oil on canvas. Marlow left England for Italy in July 1765, arriving in Naples later that year. He visited Venice, Florence, Rome, the Campagna and Naples, remaining in Italy for about a year. He made sketches throughout this time, including several of Naples and its environs. Vesuvius was one of the highlights of his tour and this painting is probably based on one of his many drawings of the area (seven of which were sold through Christie’s, London, in 1987). Marlow’s Italian drawings were worked up in pen and ink before being shown to patrons in England, who could order versions in oil or watercolour.
The majority of these paintings were undoubtedly purchased by gentlemen returning from the Grand Tour, who had visited Vesuvius during their travels. However, an obituary stated that Marlow had travelled to Italy on the advice of Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland (of Alnwick Castle, Syon House, and Northumberland House) and this is supported by the eight paintings showing Tivoli, Arriccia and scenes in the Bay of Naples by Marlow which remain in the collection at Alnwick Castle today.
Marlow exhibited his views of landscapes near Naples at the Society of British Artists from 1767 until the 1780s and at the Royal Academy in 1792 and 1795. | Subjects: | shore genre mountain ship rowing boat steps sailboat smoke topography volcano tree seascape/coastal scene bay woman parasol column Italian pillar man wall | Source: | Government Art Collection | Creator: | William Marlow | Identifier: | http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?... | Go to resource |
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