From the Collection of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven (1900-1973)
Xavier della Gatta
A group of six genre scenes: Itinerant traders and scenes from peasant life, including a family cooking around a barrel and a family travelling on horseback
Lot Closed
December 4, 03:20 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
From the Collection of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven (1900-1973)
Xavier della Gatta
Active in Naples 1777 - 1827
A group of six genre scenes: Itinerant traders and scenes from peasant life, including a family cooking around a barrel and a family travelling on horseback
All gouache within black framing lines
each approximately 210 by 151 mm
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Xavier della Gatta, or sometimes called Saverio della Gatta, was a Neapolitan painter who was active in the 18th and early part of the 19th Century. Very little is known about the artist’s life but he is recorded as having studied under the tutelage of Jacopo Cestaro in 1777 at the drawing academy in Naples. His legacy as an artist and what he is best known for are his gouache paintings of Naples; its terrain, people and culture. Della Gatta worked for both the court and for the visiting tourists. In 1782 he was commissioned by the King of Naples, along with, Alessandro d’Anna (see lot 74), to produce costume designs depicting the different dress and attire of the various provinces.
The works offered in the present lot and in the following lots demonstrate Della Gatta's ability to capture the Neapolitan people and his mastery of the medium of gouache, creating images that are bursting with colour and vibrancy and leaving no doubt as to why he was such a popular artist for tourists on the Grand Tour.
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