Gaspar Butler, active ca. 1718–1730, British, active in Naples
Title:
The Gulf of Pozzuoli
Date:
ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
19 1/2 x 65 1/2 inches (49.5 x 166.4 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.84
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
barges (flat-bottomed watercraft) | sea | buildings | carts | people | sand | shore (landform) | mountains | hills | harbor | carriages | island | bay (body of water) | boats | landscape | port | lateen rigs | marine art | lateen sails | ships | beach | galleys (watercraft) | feluccas | horses (animals)
Associated Places:
Gulf of Pozzuoli | Italy | Nisida, Isola di | Ischia, Isola d' | Epomeo, Monte | Miseno, Capo | Pozzuoli
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Art in Focus : The British Castle - A Symbol in Stone (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-04-07 - 2017-08-06)
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 46-47, N590.2 A83 (YCBA)The British Castle : A Symbol in Stone, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2017, p. 22, cat. 16, V2722 (YCBA)