Neapolitan Gouache

View of the Bay of Naples – Neapolitan Gouache. This delicate Neapolitan gouache depicts a peaceful and luminous view of the Bay of Naples, likely located in the vicinity of the city. The scene offers a harmonious coastal landscape, blending Mediterranean architecture, rocky outcrops, and a calm expanse of water, enlivened by a few discreet figures that add a touch of life and scale to the composition. The artist displays great mastery of gouache, with a fresh and nuanced palette of blues, beiges, and greens, underscored by a sky animated by wispy clouds. The treatment of the landscape, both precise and poetic, evokes Italian works of the late 18th or early 19th century, inspired by vedute and idealized landscapes of southern Italy. The work is in excellent condition and has recently been reframed in our workshops in a simple and elegant frame that highlights the fineness of the paper and the softness of the colors without overpowering them. A gouache of very high quality, full of freshness and serenity, ideal for lovers of Italian landscapes, Neapolitan views and refined old drawings.