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Late 18th Ccntury Classical Card Table, Probably American Federal
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British Three Masted Ship in the Bay of Naples
Italian School, Circa 1870. Before photography, ship captains, owners or pasangers would commission local artists to paint their ship in foriegn ports, Here we see a ship in the Bay of Naples with Mount Vesuvius in the background
Ptg. : 10.5" x 16"
Gian Simonetti
(Italian, 19th Century)
Fishermen in the Venetian Lagoon at Daybreak Oil-on-canvas, signed lower left
Painting: 16” x 20” There is little biographical information on Simonetti, and it has been suggested that it is a pseudonym for Gian Gianni who was one of the last of the view painters of Italy. Gianni worked mostly in watercolor and produced views of Naples and Venice for people who were making the Grand Tour. The advent of photography soon took the place of these painters.
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