Italian paintings

An architectural capriccio with an apostle preaching

Cole visited Italy in 1831 and made a small pencil sketch of this vista of Florence shortly before sunset. In his New York studio six years later, he transformed the drawing into this large oil painting, adding picturesque humans and goats to the foreground. Exhibiting View of Florence alongside a painting of the Catskill Mountains in New York in 1837, Cole set out to prove that he had mastered the very different landscapes of the Old and New Worlds.

(Amalfi 1863-1920 Naples) Amalfi, signed and inscribed P. Scoppetta Amalfi, oil on canvas, 46 x 25 cm, framed, (GG) Provenance: Galleria d'Arte Mario Bianchi d'Espinosa, Naples; Italian private collection.

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In 2021, the Holburne Museum in Bath will present the most important set of paintings of Venice by Canaletto (1697 – 1768), which will leave their home at Woburn Abbey - one of world’s most important private art collections - for the first time in more than 70 years.

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