Charles Rémond, 'View of Capri from Anacapri', 1821-6
About the work
Overview
Charles Rémond, who studied with the neo-classical landscapist Jean-Victor Bertin (1767 -1842), won the Prix de Rome for historical landscape in 1821 with The Rape of Proserpina by Pluto (Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris). During his four years at the French Academy in Rome, he not only sketched in the environs of Rome, but also travelled around Italy, visiting Naples and Sicily.
The view here is from the town of Anacapri on the slopes of Monte Solaro, the highest mountain on the island of Capri, looking east towards Monte Tiberio and Capri town. Beyond can be seen the mainland of Italy. The artist has captured the vertiginous drop to the sea, on which can be glimpsed a tiny boat with two white sails.
Key facts
Details
- Full title
- View of Capri from Anacapri
- Artist
- Charles Rémond
- Artist dates
- 1795 - 1875
- Date made
- 1821-6
- Medium and support
- oil on paper, mounted on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35.6 × 25 cm
- Inscription summary
- Signed; Inscribed
- Acquisition credit
- Presented by the Lishawa family, 2018
- Inventory number
- NG6677
- Location
- Room 39
- Collection
- Main Collection
- Frame
- 18th-century French Frame
Provenance
Additional information
This painting is included in a list of works with incomplete provenance from 1933–1945; for more information see Whereabouts of paintings 1933–1945.
Text extracted from the National Gallery’s Annual Report, ‘The National Gallery: Review of the Year, April 2018 – March 2019’.
Bibliography
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2019National Gallery, The National Gallery: Review of the Year, April 2018 - March 2019, London 2019
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