{"product_id":"neapolitan-school-isola-dischia-by-moonlight-bay-of-naples-italy-original-early-19th-century-gouache-painting-kd-790","title":"Neapolitan School, Isola d'Ischia by Moonlight, Bay of Naples, Italy – Early 19th-century gouache painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original early 19th-century gouache painting – Neapolitan School, Isola d'Ischia by Moonlight, Bay of Naples, Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dramatic moonlit veduta in the Bay of Naples looking towards Ischia Island.\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":54748931883337,"sku":"KD-790","price":468.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/KD-790.jpg?v=1782830040","url":"https:\/\/somersetandwood.com\/de\/products\/neapolitan-school-isola-dischia-by-moonlight-bay-of-naples-italy-original-early-19th-century-gouache-painting-kd-790","provider":"Somerset \u0026 Wood Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}