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ORAZIO GREVENBROECK | A VIEW OF A HARBOR WITH MEN-O'-WAR, NAPLES

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February 4, 06:39 PM GMT

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6,000 - 8,000 USD

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ORAZIO GREVENBROECK

Milan 1676 - 1739 Naples

A VIEW OF A HARBOR WITH MEN-O'-WAR, NAPLES


signed with initial lower center: G[?]

oil on copper

diameter: 3⅜ in.; 8.6 cm.

framed: 8 by 8 in.; 20.3 by 20.3 cm.

Although works such as this are rare, Orazio Grevenbroeck painted port views on small copper as souvenirs for travelers passing through Naples. The ships represented here are likely part of the French West Indian Company based on their flags. Characteristic of Grevenbroeck's paintings are the elongated figures in the foreground and the sketchy, ghost-like figures in the background. 


We are grateful to Dr. Fabrizio Dassie for endorsing the attribution to Orazio Grevenbroeck on the basis of photographs.