A View of Naples through a Window
Medium
oil on paper, mounted on canvas
Dimensions
unframed: 46.8 × 33.5 cm · framed: 59.5 × 46 × 5.5 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Accession Number
1994.198
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
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.