View of Castel Nuovo, Naples

1819

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A view of Naples from the pier, with the Castel Nuovo at center by French painter Archille-Etna Michallon. It was drawn in Naples, where he visited between May and October 1819.The architecture and its patina of age are described with impressive precision, but the modernity of the composition lies in the dramatic perspective and foreshortening of the foreground, with the diagonal of the quai and the heavy stone posts.
The first owner of the sheet, according to the donor, was Léon Cogniet (1794-1880), Michallon’s friend and fellow artist.

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Title: View of Castel Nuovo, Naples
Artist: Achille-Etna Michallon (French, Paris 1796–1822 Paris)
Date: 1819
Medium: Brush and brown wash over graphite
Dimensions: Sheet: 6 15/16 × 13 9/16 in. (17.7 × 34.4 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of Louis de Bayser, 2015
Object Number: 2015.652.2
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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