{"product_id":"neapolitan-school-grotta-azzurra-blue-grotto-capri-italy-original-early-19th-century-gouache-painting-kd-792","title":"Neapolitan School, Grotta Azzurra (Blue Grotto), Capri, Italy – Early 19th-century gouache painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original early 19th-century gouache painting – Neapolitan School, Grotta Azzurra (Blue Grotto), Capri, Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dramatic moonlit view at the Grotta Azzurra sea cave on Capri island. The cave is famed for its brilliantly glowing, electric-blue waters. Sunlight filters through an underwater cavity, refracting through the seawater to illuminate the cavern from below. In the 19th century the cave began to capture the imagination of writers and artist, becoming a popular destination for travellers, following its 'rediscovery' in 1826 by German poet August Kopisch and artist Ernst Fries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe strong, opaque colouration is typical of the vedute style that flourished in Naples during this period to meet demand from wealthy Grand Tourists for souvenirs of the city. The anonymous artists of the Neapolitan School employed specific motifs and colours which today can be considered a unique, iconic visual language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuch paintings were typically small, but this example is larger and more impressive than average. Due to its preservation in an album, the colours and paint surface remain arrestingly vivid and crisp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn wove paper laid down on original album backing paper.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54748957901129,"sku":"KD-792","price":893.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/KD-792.jpg?v=1782830127","url":"https:\/\/somersetandwood.com\/de-eu\/products\/neapolitan-school-grotta-azzurra-blue-grotto-capri-italy-original-early-19th-century-gouache-painting-kd-792","provider":"Somerset \u0026 Wood Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}