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View of the Porta Medina, Naples with a vegetable market in the foreground

Maker

Fulvio Tessitore (De Fulvis) (artist)
born 1870

Title

View of the Porta Medina, Naples with a vegetable market in the foreground

Date of Production

1800 - 1999

Medium

graphite, watercolour, bodycolour, with scraping, on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 29.7 cm
Width: 15.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1984.AB.144

Mode of Acquisition

Anthony Blunt, Art Fund bequest & grant aid, 1984

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords





Provenance

Professor Anthony Blunt, London (1907-1983); Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, brush and black wash, signed by the artist: "De Fulvis". Verso: upper centre, light brown ink which has bled heavily: "11 1/2 x 6. S."; lower edge, graphite: "159-20 P Napoli / Fontana di Serp [?] / [erased] //". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file), all graphite: "Witt no.? / "NAPLES" Porta Medina? / by Fanzago (1640)"; erased: "The group of three similar watercolours (not sold separately) for £ / £30 //"; "Signed De Fulvis / de la Fosse? //"; "159-20".

Collector's mark: none.

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