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The Bay of Naples with Mounts Vesuvius and Somma

Giovanni Battista Lusieri1782/1794

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States

  • Title: The Bay of Naples with Mounts Vesuvius and Somma
  • Creator: Giovanni Battista Lusieri
  • Date Created: 1782/1794
  • Physical Dimensions: overall: 62.8 x 93.8 cm (24 3/4 x 36 15/16 in.)
  • Provenance: The artist's heirs; purchased by the 7th Earl of Elgin (1824-1841); by descent to the 11th Earl of Elgin and the 15th Earl of Kincardine; (their sale, London, Sotheby's, 30 June 1986, lot 110); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990.
  • Rights: CC0
  • Medium: watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on laid paper mounted to paperboard
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

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