View of the Bay of Naples
| Attributed To | Gabriele Ricciardelli (Italian, 1741–1777) |
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| Title | View of the Bay of Naples |
| Date | 1743 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | Framed (Measurements taken during examination of reverse, 5/31/05.): 28 7/8 × 75 1/2 × 3 in. (73.3 × 191.8 × 7.6 cm) Stretcher: 26 x 72 5/8 in. (66 x 184.5 cm) |
| Credit Line | Morton and Marie Bradley Memorial Collection, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 74.80 |
| This artwork is currently off display. You may be able to see this artwork by filling out an art viewing room request. | |
A landscape of a shoreline upon a city with mountains in the background and billowing smoke emerging from the peaks. Several figures wait on the shoreline with their boats while others walk around the beach. A cityscape of many different buildings close together is located off the shoreline.
Gabriele Ricciardelli was one of several Neapolitan artists of the eighteenth century who specialized in panoramic views of the city, catering to a growing market of visitors on the Grand Tour. This sweeping view of the Bay of Naples, with smoke rising from Mount Vesuvius in the background, depicts most of the city’s major monuments, including the Castel dell’Ovo jutting into the bay and the Castel Saint’Elmo perched on Monte Vomero above the city.
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"View of the Bay of Naples | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=74.80