Entrance to the Grotto of Posillipo
The Grotto of Posillipo is actually a nearly half-mile-long tunnel that was cut through the rocky promontory separating Naples from the town of Posillipo in the first century. It became an icon of the Grand Tour in the eighteenth century. This sketch may have been painted as early as Rémond’s first visit to Naples, in 1822. It was included in an auction of hundreds of oil studies that the artist organized in 1842, which testifies to the interest in these informal works among collectors of the period.
Artwork Details
- Title: Entrance to the Grotto of Posillipo
- Artist: Charles Rémond (French, Paris 1795–1875 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1822–42
- Medium: Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
- Dimensions: 14 x 9 7/8 in. (35.5 x 25.1 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: The Whitney Collection, Promised Gift of Wheelock Whitney III, and Purchase, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. McVeigh, by exchange, 2003
- Object Number: 2003.42.46
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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