Bay of Naples / Samuel Prout

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Accession Number
2009/1.511.2
Title
Bay of Naples
Artist
Samuel Prout
Artist Nationality
British
Artist Life Dates
(1783 - 1852)
Object Creation Date
1824-1852
Object Creation Place
Europe (continent)
United Kingdom (nation)
England (country)
Creation Place 1
Europe (continent)
Creation Place 2
United Kingdom (nation)
Creation Place 3
England (country)
Style/Group/Movement
Picturesque
Dimensions
18.42 cm x 20.96 cm (7 1/4 in. x 8 1/4 in.)
Century
19th century
Primary Object Classification
Drawing
Primary Object Type
landscape
Physical Description
Three figures stand in a wooded clearing in the foreground of this small watercolor. A view opens out in the middle ground over a bay with a city descending from the adjacent hills to the water. A volcano smolders in the distance on the opposite side of the bay, a thick plume of smoke rising from its peak.
Subject Matter
Samuel Prout presents in this intimate watercolor a view across the Bay of Naples, with the famous peak of Mount Vesuvius visible in the distance. Prout made numerous drawings of Naples and other sites during his tours of Italy, of which he made at least two between 1824 and 1830. The watercolor, however, was probably made by Prout in England, perhaps many years after his visit.
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3292 x 2068
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Record
2009/1.511.2
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"Bay of Naples; Samuel Prout." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-1.511.2/2009_1.511.2.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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