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A View of Naples through a Window

A View of Naples through a Window

1824
(German, 1778–1856)
Framed: 59.5 x 46 x 5.5 cm (23 7/16 x 18 1/8 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 46.8 x 33.5 cm (18 7/16 x 13 3/16 in.)
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Mount Vesuvius was almost continuously active at the time that Franz Ludwig Catel visited Naples, and erupted just two years before this painting was completed.

Description

Franz Ludwig Catel worked in Rome and later traveled south to Naples. This painting presents that city’s most distinctive attraction: Mount Vesuvius, an active volcano that appears against an otherwise calm sky. Catel portrayed the scene from within a hotel room, contrasting the potentially overwhelming force of nature with the illusion of protection offered by distance and enclosed space.
  • Robert Manning collection, U.S., attributed to Antonie Pitloo (1791-1837). Simon Dickinson, Ltd., New York and London. Danny Katz, Ltd., London. Purchased by the cma in 1994.
  • Boetticher, Friedrich von. Malerwerke des Neunzehnten Jahrhunderts: Beitrag zur Kunstgeschichte. Hofheim am Taunus: H. Schmidt & C. Günther, Minden, Germany: 1974. Reproduced: p. 173-175, vol. 1
    Cleveland Museum of Art, “New Acquisitions Enter the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Permanent Collection,” February 14, 1995, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
    Di Maio, Elena. Franz Ludwig Catel e i suoi amici a Roma: un album di disegni dell'Ottocento : Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna, 25 ottobre 1996-26 gennaio 1997. Torino, Italy: Sacs, 1996.
    Conisbee, Philip, Sarah Faunce, and Jeremy Strick. In the Light of Italy: Corot and Early Open-Air Painting. Washington DC: National Gallery of Art, 1996. Reproduced: p. 6 cat. 79 (detail). p. 209, cat. 79
    Di Maio, Elena. Franz Ludwig Catel e i suoi amici a Roma: un album di disegni dell'Ottocento : Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna, 25 ottobre 1996-26 gennaio 1997. Torino, Italy: 1996.
    Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 108-111, Vol. I, no. 41
    Ottani Cavina, Anna. Paysages d'Italie: les peintres du plein air, 1780-1830 : Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 3 avril-9 juillet 2001 ; Centro Internazionale d'Arte e di Cultura di Palazzo Te, Mantoue, 1er septembre-16 décembre 2001. Paris, France: Réunion des musées nationaux, 2001. Reproduced: p. 155; Mentioned: p. 254-255
    Stendhal, and Philippe Berthier. Voyages en Italie: illustrés par les peintres du Romantisme. Paris, France: D. de Selliers, 2002. Reproduced: p, 223; Mentioned: p. 222-223
    Susinno, Stefano, Sandra Pinto, Liliana Barroero, Fernando Mazzocca, Giovanna Capitelli, and Matteo Lafranconi. Maestà di Roma: da Napoleone all'unità d'Italia. Milano, Italy: Electa, 2003. N6920 . Reproduced: p. 287, fig. 134a
    Rewald, Sabine. Rooms with a View: The Open Window in the 19th Century. New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011. Reproduced: p. 58, fig. 16
    Stolzenburg, Andreas.Hubertus Gassner, and Markus Bertsch. Franz Ludwig Catel: Italienbilder der Romantik. Hamburg, Germany: Hamburger Kunsthalle, 2015.
    Sontgen, Beate. "Innen und Aussen: Interieur-Vorhange in der Malerei um 1900." In Hinter dem Vorhang: Verhüllung und Enthüllung seit der Renaissance - von Tizian bis Christo. Oskar Bätschmann, et.al., 226-235. München: Hirmer : Düsseldorf: Museum Kunstpalast, 2016. Reproduced: p. 226, fig. 1
    Caputo, Rosario. La pittura napoletana del primo Ottocento.
    Sorrento (Napoli) : Franco Di Mauro editore, 2021. Reproduced: p. 108
  • Napoli Ottocento. Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome, Italy (organizer) (March 26-June 16, 2024).
    Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).
    The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-July 7, 2013).
    Rooms with Views: The Open Window in the 19th Century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (March 28-July 4, 2011).
    "un paese incantato" Italia dipinta da Thomas Jones a Corot. Museo Civico di Palazzo Te, Mantua, Italy (September 1-December 9, 2001).
    Paris: Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (4/3 - 7/9/01); Mantova, Italy: Palazzo Te (9/1 - 12/16/01) "Paysages d'Italie. Les peintres du plein air (1780-1830), exh. cat. no. 155, pp 254-255.
    Paysages d'Italie. Les peintres du plein air 1780-1830. Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 75008 Paris, France (April 3-July 9, 2001).
    In the Light of Italy: Corot and Early Plein-air Painting. National Gallery of Art (May 26-September 2, 1996); The Brooklyn Museum (October 11, 1996-January 12, 1997); Saint Louis Art Museum (February 21-May 18, 1997).
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