PROSPER FRANÇOIS IRÉNÉE BARRIGUES, DIT DE FONTAINIEU | View of Naples with Vesuvius in the background

To the grazing light, we notice in some places very small and thin vertical lines, that seem due to a slight retraction of the pictorial layer ; also, a number of tiny little blisters in some places. Under the UV light : a number of small repaints scattered on the surface including some about 1 cm long. Some repaints along the frame. At the top on the left, the panel has a tiny and thin lack.
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A painting by Pierre-Athanase Chauvin with a similar subject, painted in 1811, like our painting, and entitled View near Naples, is kept in the Musée Fabre, Montpellier.