# The Gulf of Naples with the Island of Ischia in the Distance

- By: Josephus Augustus Knip (Tilburg, 1777–1847)
- Date: 1818
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 90 cm x width 109 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-1058--104b3075d6a26f58f1780a3dabb7173b)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/cfLcp/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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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.