Neapolitan School, Vesuvius Erupting at Night – Early 19th-century gouache painting

An original early 19th-century gouache painting – Neapolitan School, Vesuvius Erupting at Night.An exquisite miniature veduta showing the spectacularly erupting Vesuvius lighting the night sky.White lightning bolts add to the sense of drama. The foreground detail—the Lanterna (lighthouse), Molo (pier) and sailing boats—are detailed in black ink, in a rather more naturalistic manner than in typical in these Neapolitan School gouaches. The small-scale detail within the eruption, and the reflections on the water, are also particularly fine.In gouache with pen and ink on cream wove paper. With hand-drawn black ink border.Please note the small size of this artwork.Provenance: from the O'Grady Vereker Collection.