© Fitzwilliam Museum
View of the Fortress Sant-Elmo from Capodimonte, Naples
Artist: Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917)
Location: Fitzwilliam Museum
Date: 1856
Materials: oil on paper laid down on canvas
Dimensions: 20 x 27 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £100,000 (Total: £255,000)
Vendor: Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox
Review number: 4819 (2000)
Provenance:
The artist's studio; left to his niece, Mademoiselle Jeanne Fevre; sold by her estate at the Galerie Jean Charpentier, April, 12 June 1934; bought by David-Weill, by descent
Description:
The view depicts the Castel Sant' Elmo, with its adjacent monastery of San Martino, and may have been painted from Capodimonte, situated on a nearby hill. The work focuses on the fortress in the centre of the painting. The sky is high, clear and light blue.
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