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De golf van Napels met op de achtergrond het eiland Ischia

Joseph August Knip

1818

unspecified

From the collection of Rijksmuseum

Early 19th Century Landscape

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De golf van Napels met op de achtergrond het eiland Ischia is a 1818 unspecified by Joseph August Knip, held at Rijksmuseum.

Who painted this?: Joseph August Knip
When & what style?: 1818
Where can I see it?: Rijksmuseum

About this work

You see a wide bay with blue water, a hazy island, and a volcano in the distance. On the left, broken stone arches look like the Colosseum. On the right, a fancy carved pillar sits near two men in hats. The artist never visited every spot in the painting. Instead, they stitched together sketches from different places—like a travel scrapbook. The ruins, the bay, and the volcano are all real, but they’re not actually next to each other. To see more paintings that mix real places like this, visit the Rijksmuseum.

About the artist

Artist

Joseph August Knip

Joseph August Knip (sometimes Latinized to Josephus Augustus Knip; baptized 3 August 1777 in Tilburg – buried 1 October 1847 in Berlicum) was a Dutch painter.

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