Napoli Bay. View from the South. Oil on canvas, no signature found, minute depicting Naples Italy harbour bustling port with busy everyday life, with the Castel Sant'Elmo is visible to the right on the hill and The Castel Nuovo (a.k.a. Maschio Angioino, a seat of medieval kings of Naples, Aragon and Spain) to the left in the background, old paper label "J.J. Gillespie Fine Arts Gallery" attached to the back; framed in gilt wood frame, overall 14-1/4" x 19-1/2". Provenance: old private collection, Pittsburgh, PA, since first half 20th c., by descent in the family to the current owner.
Condition
Good, craquelure, very old in-painting visible under UV light upper left corner and small spots in the upper center, otherwise even fluorescence under UV light, possibly re-lined; wear and losses to frame commensurate with age and use.