Carlo Bonavia

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 USD

Sold

81,250 USD

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Description

Carlo Bonavia
View of a moonlit Mediterranean harbor
bears signature and date lower right Vernet 1781?
oil on canvas

Catalogue Note

We are grateful to Nicola Spinosa for confirming this painting to be a work by Bonavia, based on firsthand inspection. He has pointed out that there is a pendant to this painting by Bonavia, View of Vesuvius Erupting from the Pier of the Port of Naples, formerly in the collection of Giancarlo Alisio, Naples and now in the Museo di San Martino, Naples.