GOUACHE. - Veduta di Istambul.

Very decorative view depicting Istanbul, with merchants in the forground. Features different Mosques and the shores of the Bosporus. Many ships, small and large, are sailing on the Bosporus. In the foreground, some people are loading antique stones on a boat while two men are smoking and a family is waiting to board.

This is a very interesting Neapolitan School work and is displayed within the original wooden frame.

The Neapolitan gouaches aroused the interest of the tourists of the eighteenth and the nineteenth century, eager to return home with pictures and memories of their trip.
The use of gouache allowed a relatively fast production, with a reduced drying time.
This style of applying gouache views remained the prerogative of Naples, one of the most important cities in Europe under the Bourbons and which was obligatorily included in the itinerary of the Grand Tour of Italy, a trip complementary to the studies made by all the distinguished Europeans.
A gouache in this style, quality and size (520x660mm) of Istanbul is quite unusual.

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