Pair Neapolitan Gouaches Eruption Vesuvius Italy Boats May 27, 1858 Nineteenth

Pair of Neapolitan gouaches* representing the Italian volcano Mount Vesuvius** erupting on May 27, 1858 (an eruption of ash and an eruption of lava), with boats in the foreground in the Bay of Naples, entitled "Eruzione del Vesuvio del 27 maggio 1858, from the 19th century.
These gouaches are in good overall condition. They are in their frames and have their original windows. Not signed.
Note: some accidents and losses on the frames, stains (in particular a large damp spot in the middle of the gouache with ash eruption) and traces of old folds on the paper, some dirt and dust between the windows and the gouaches, wear time, take a good look at the photos.
* Neapolitan gouaches aroused the interest of tourists in the 18th and 19th centuries, eager to return home with images and memories of their journey. Gouache remained the prerogative of Naples, one of the most important cities in Europe under the Bourbons and which was an obligatory part of the itinerary of the Grand Tour of Italy, a trip complementary to the studies carried out by all distinguished Europeans. Anonymous most of the time and in small formats to facilitate transport, these so-called minor works produced in the traditional way have delighted generations of tourists. Vesuvius by day or by night, in eruption and the Bay of Naples are the themes that we find most often. Those dealing with Vesuvius in eruption were often framed with a black margin where the artist indicated the year and day of the eruption represented. Many painters have devoted themselves to this pictorial genre. The production of Neapolitan gouaches will last more than a century, until the appearance of new techniques such as the reproduction of engraving, from 1840 and photography. (According to Regard'antiquaire).
** Mount Vesuvius is an Italian volcano with a height of 1,281 meters, bordering the Bay of Naples, east of the city. It is the only volcano in continental Europe to have erupted in the last hundred years, although it is currently dormant; its last eruption dates from 1944. It is at the origin of the destruction of the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis and Stabies, buried on August 24, 79 under a rain of ashes and mud. It has erupted many other times over the past millennia and is one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world due to its explosive tendency and especially the large population that lives around it.
Dimensions
Frame lava: 81 cm x 57 cm ash: 80.5 cm x 56.5 cm
Dimensions lava gouache: 72 cm x 48.5 cm ash: 72 cm x 48 cm

Reference: 910 285
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