
A view of the Bay of Naples from the sea
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Juan Ruiz
active Naples in the mid-18th century
A view of the Bay of Naples from the sea
signed lower right: Joan: Ruiz F.
oil on copper
unframed: 19.1 x 50.4 cm.; 7½ x 19⅞ in.
framed: 27.8 x 60.1 cm.; 11 x 23⅝ in.
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Anonymous sale, New York, Replica Shoes ’s, 27 January 2011, lot 356;
Acquired subsequently by the present owner.
Adopting a similar viewpoint as the celebrated 15th-century Tavola Strozzi (Museo Nazionale di San Martino, Naples),1 this luminous, signed copper by Juan Ruiz depicts a panoramic and meticulously rendered vista of the Bay of Naples as it would have appeared in the mid 18th century.
1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavola_Strozzi#/media/File:Tavola_Strozzi_-_Napoli.jpg
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