Consalvo Carelli, Italian 1818-1900- View of the Bay of Sorrento...

Consalvo Carelli,
Italian 1818-1900-

View of the Bay of Sorrento from Massa Lubrense with peasants resting in the foreground;

pencil and watercolour heightened with white on paper, signed and dated 'G. Carelli / 1894' (lower left), 21.5 x 31.5 cm.

Provenance:
Private Collection, UK, since 2003.

Note:
Consalvo, also know as Gonsalvo Carelli, was a Neapolitan artist and member of a dynasty of Italian landscape painters, which included his father Raffaele, his younger brother Gabriele, and his son Giuseppe. He was celebrated for his evocative landscapes, especially of the Neapolitan coastline, and often populated by populated by figures in traditional dress.