DIPINTI DEL XIX SECOLO
Estimate:
min €1500- max €2000
Starting Price:
€ 900
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Lot Description
19th-century Neapolitan painter
(active in Naples in the second half of the 19th century)
River landscape with a view of the city
Oil on canvas, 37 x 64
cm Unsigned
work In fair condition, with a patina
This painting, previously unpublished and originating from an important Sicilian collection, depicts a panoramic view of a village with Baroque influences, characterised by the presence of imposing mountains with buildings in the background, a watercourse in the foreground, and a mountainous backdrop that stands out clearly on the horizon.
In the composition, a river with some rocks and human figures on the bank can be seen in the foreground, whilst the town stretches across the central valley, dominated by hills and mountain peaks that frame the scene, with a low-angled light suggesting the moment of dawn or dusk.
The work is attributed by collectors to the late nineteenth-century Central Italian school, executed by the Neapolitan master Alessandro La Volpe (Lucera, 1820 – Rome, 1887).
Painted on canvas, in this work the artist presents us – in a close-up view – with one of many depictions of everyday life in a village. The scene is rendered as an interplay of colours: brown-gold earth tones for the ground and rocks; the figures, the sea and the sky, which stand out lyrically against a backdrop of vivid, vibrant colours. Furthermore, this work is characterised by a rich, impasto-like painting style, executed in ‘patches’, capable of capturing the beauty and contradictions of the landscape with a lyrical vision. The depiction of this River Landscape with a View of the City and the celebration of light and colour are distinctive features of this work.
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Auction Information
ASTA N.12 Importante collezione di dipinti antichi e del XIX-XX secolo of 29/10/2026 17:00.
Via dei Pastai 28
