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A View of Naples through a Window
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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A View of Naples through a Window

1824
Franz Ludwig Catel (German, 1778–1856) visual detail
ArtistFranz Ludwig Catel (German, 1778–1856)
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Robert Manning collection, U.S., attributed to Antonie Pitloo (1791-1837). Simon Dickinson, Ltd., Ne...

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Robert Manning collection, U.S., attributed to Antonie Pitloo (1791-1837). Simon Dickinson, Ltd., New York and London. Danny Katz, Ltd., London. Purchased by the cma in 1994.

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In the Light of Italy: Corot and Early Plein-air Painting. National Gallery of Art (May 26-September 2, 1996); The Brooklyn Museum (October 11, 1996-January 12, 1997); Saint Louis Art Museum (February 21-May 18, 1997). Paysages d'Italie. Les peintres du plein air 1780-1830. Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 75008 Paris, France (April 3-July 9, 2001). "un paese incantato" Italia dipinta da Thomas Jones a Corot. Museo Civico di Palazzo Te, Mantua, Italy (September 1-December 9, 2001). Rooms with Views: The Open Window in the 19th Century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (March 28-July 4, 2011). The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-July 7, 2013). Stories from Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021). Napoli Ottocento. Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome, Italy (organizer) (March 26-June 16, 2024). Paris: Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (4/3 - 7/9/01); Mantova, Italy: Palazzo Te (9/1 - 12/16/01) "Paysages d'Italie. Les peintres du plein air (1780-1830), exh. cat. no. 155, pp 254-255.

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Franz Ludwig Catel worked in Rome and later traveled south to Naples. This painting presents that city’s most distinctive attraction: Mount Vesuvius, an active volcano that appears against an otherwise calm sky. Catel portrayed the scene from within a hotel room, contrasting the potentially overwhelming force of nature with the illusion of protection offered by distance and enclosed space.

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