Pair Gouche Neapolitan Landscapes Berry Naples Vesuvius Thinking Italy 19è

* Neapolitan gouaches aroused the interest of tourists in the 18th and 19th century, eager to go home with images and memories of their trip. Gouache remained the prerogative of Naples, one of the most important cities in Europe under the Bourbon and which was necessarily registered in the route of the Grand Tour of Italy, a complementary trip to the studies that all distinguished Europeans carried out. Anonymous most of the time and small formats to facilitate transport, these so -called minor and handcrafted works have made the delights of generations of tourists. Vesuvius day or night, eruption and Naples bay are the themes that are most often found. Those who deal with Vesuvius in eruption, were often framed by a black margin where the artist indicated the year and the day of the erupt.