Collection Highlights
Chatelaine
Date:
ca. 1761
Object Number:
1954.179a-d
Medium:
Silver gilt, gold, enamel, ivory, chalcedony, glass, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples from the Island of Capri
Object Number:
1867.288
Date:
1850
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 48 1/2 x 64 in. ( 123.2 x 162.6 cm )
Marks:
signed and dated: on lower right: "G.L. Brown/Paris, 1850."
inscribed: on back of canvas, in black paint: "View of the town of Capri and distant view/ Island of Capri near Naples by Sun-set/painted by G.L. Brown for T. Jefferson Bryan, Esq. of Phila. Par
Description:
Landscape with view of Mt. Vesuvius, the Palace of Tiberius, and the bay of Naples all from the island of Capri; maidens and bulls in foreground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Thomas Jefferson Bryan
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
