View of the Fortress Sant-Elmo from Capodimonte, Naples
Edgar Degas
- Art Funded
- 2000
- Dimensions
- 20 x 27 cm
- Vendor
- Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox
The view depicts the Castel Sant' Elmo, with its adjacent monastery of San Martino, and may have been painted from Capodimonte, situated on a nearby hill.
The work focuses on the fortress in the centre of the painting. The sky is high, clear and light blue.
Provenance
The artist's studio; left to his niece, Mademoiselle Jeanne Fevre; sold by her estate at the Galerie Jean Charpentier, April, 12 June 1934; bought by David-Weill, by descent