{"product_id":"neapolitan-school-pompeii-fresco-putti-riding-goats-original-early-19th-century-gouache-painting-kd-789","title":"Neapolitan School, Pompeii Fresco: Putti Riding Goats – Early 19th-century gouache painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original early 19th-century gouache painting – Neapolitan School, Pompeii Fresco: Putti Riding Goats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gorgeously vivid Neapolitan School painting in opaque gouache, collected by a British traveller in the early-to-mid-19th century. The painting reproduces a fresco at Pompeii featuring two putti riding on goats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArchaeological excavation work had begun at the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum around 1758, unearthing the Roman art that had laid buried since the eruption of Mt Vesuvius in 79 AD. There was great popular interest in the new discoveries, and paintings by local artists served as souvenirs for Grand Tour travellers before the age of photography. Such images also proved influential on the work of neoclassical architects and decorative art designers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeapolitan export paintings were often 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":54748927000905,"sku":"KD-789","price":325.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/KD-789.jpg?v=1782830005","url":"https:\/\/somersetandwood.com\/fr\/products\/neapolitan-school-pompeii-fresco-putti-riding-goats-original-early-19th-century-gouache-painting-kd-789","provider":"Somerset \u0026 Wood Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}