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Peasants Merry Making on the Coast Near Naples

Pietro Fabris, 1771

A pair of paintings with street-life scenes, populated with colourfully costumed peasants. The artist's works were particularly favoured by foreign visitors to the city and typify the Grand Tour souvenir picture. William Constable spent three months in Naples and it seems likely that the British Envoy Extraordinary introduced Constble to Fabris.

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Title of artwork, date

Peasants Merry Making on the Coast Near Naples, 1771

Date supported

2000

Medium and material

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

52 x 78 cm

Grant

50163

Total cost

227663

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