The Gulf of Naples with the Island of Ischia in the Distance
Also titled De golf van Napels met op de achtergrond het eiland Ischia
Josephus Augustus Knip (Tilburg, 1777–1847)
1818
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 90 cm x width 109 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
When Knip painted this landscape, he relied on sketches he had drawn in Italy. The result: Italy in a nutshell. The Gulf of Naples, with the island of Ischia and the volcano Epomeo in the distance, is combined with several Roman monuments: the ruins of the Colosseum (left), Nero’s aqueduct and the church of SS Quattro Coronati. The motif of the capital to the right, near the two men, derives from a sketch by Knip.
