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Description: | A landscape with the Bay of Naples at distant right. The viewpoint is high on a hill, with a track leading down, from left, turning sharply left through an arch into the hillside. A man rests under a tree, smoking a pipe at near left. At right, a man descends towards the arch on the track. In the central foreground a man rides a cart carrying three large barrels, being pulled by two oxen. A woman and child walk alongside. Behind them, a hill blocks the view to the sea. Two men arte on the foliage covered hillside beneath a large ruined structure.
Printed at bottom 'Fabris pinxt./Archd. Robertson fecit./A View of the Mountain of Cuma./Vue de la Montagne de Cuma./Publishe'd as the Act directs by P.Sandby & A.Robertson June 1st. 1777'
Impression in circle at brc.
[cart and oxen are identical to those in NCM 1899-38]
[Cumae is an ancient Greek settlement Northwest of Naples]
Accession number: NCM 1899-36 | Subjects: | animals topography transport ruins landscapes figures | Temporal: | [1777] | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | by ROBERTSON/Archibald after FABRIS/Pietro; published by Sandby/Paul; published by Robertson/Archibald | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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