© Burton Constable Hall
Peasants Merry Making on the Coast Near Naples
Artist: Pietro Fabris (active 1756 - 1784)
Location: Burton Constable Hall
Date: 1771
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 52 x 78 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £50,163 (Total: £227,663; tax remission)
Vendor: John Chichester-Constable
Review number: 4804 (2000)
Provenance:
Commissioned from the artist in Naples by William Constable; thence by descent.
Description:
A pair of paintings with street-life scenes, populated with colourfully costumed peasants. The artist's works were particularly favoured by foreign visitors to the city and typify the Grand Tour souvenir picture. William Constable spent three months in Naples and it seems likely that the British Envoy Extraordinary introduced Constble to Fabris.
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