Naples. - View of the bay to Castel del'Ovo, Monte Somma and Vesuvius, over the city the fortress of Castel Sant'Elmo. Gouache on cardboard. Illustration 24,5 x 32 cm. Passepartout under glass in ornamental carved and gilded wood profile strip (with few scratches and eruptions) 44.5 x 49 cm. Italy around 1855. The Lungomare with beautiful staffage, fishers in storage, discussing and gesturing Napoletans, dogs prunes, carriages along the colorful houses facing the bay, which pull up the hill to the mighty Castel Sant'Elmo. In front of the mountain scenery in the background you can see on the right the characteristic volcanic landscape with the smoking Vesuvius and in front of it, like an island floating in the sea the Castel del'Ovo. – Minimal edge tear from above and tiny corner break down below, otherwise very nice preserved, fragrant gouache, which convincingly bypasses the light direction, shadow distribution in the sky pink colored evening light. Also remarkable is the gilded wooden frame, which shows a schitzwerk of reliefed margarites on Riefelgrund, surrounded by Kymation-Bordüre in the outer edge. Not framed, shipping only without frame.