Vesuvio 1785 Pozzuoli

Italy around 1785
 
Page of fan in kid, painted at gouache.
A typical example of “Great Tour” fan divided in three views separated by grotesques, closer to the representations of the XVI century, more than to the Roman ones.
 
At the centre a “ Viwe of Diana’s Temple close Pozzuoli” is painted.
On the right “The eruction of Vesuvio in 1785”
On the left “ a view of Mount Vesuvio in daily light”
 
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