Die Grotte des Posillip bei Neapel

c. 1815/1820

not on display

Jakob Wilhelm Huber1787 Düsseldorf – 1871 Zürich

The ‘Grotta di Posillipo’ is a large tunnel that was built in ancient times to connect to Pozzuoli. The painting was probably created during his stay in Naples between 1815 and 1821.In: Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft (ed.), edited by Christian Klemm, Franziska Lentzsch, Gian Casper Bott et al., Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2007.

Also known as

The Grotto of Posillip Near Naples

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

image: 47 x 35 cm

Inventory number

Credit line

Kunsthaus Zürich, 1848

Signature

Inscriptions

Accession year

1848

Provenance

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Literature (general)

- Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, hrsg. von Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft et al., Sammlungskatalog, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2007, S. 157.

Object type

painting

Classification

C 1[1] painting 19th century CHE

Keywords

landscape