Monte Nuovo, ponte di Caligola and Vesuvius, a souvenir fan commemorating the eruption of August 1779
Monte Nuovo, ponte di Caligola and Vesuvius, a souvenir fan commemorating the eruption of August 1779
Fan, with a skin leaf painted with three cartouches and bearing an inscription in Italian.
In the centre, a view of the Monte Nuovo volcano off the coast of Pozzuoli with the Caligola Bridge, flanked on either side by depictions of Vesuvius, including its nocturnal eruption on 8 August 1779.
Sticks and guards later
Condition: stains and tears (particularly on the lining)
H: 27 cm
In the centre, a view of the Monte Nuovo volcano off the coast of Pozzuoli with the Caligola Bridge, flanked on either side by depictions of Vesuvius, including its nocturnal eruption on 8 August 1779.
Sticks and guards later
Condition: stains and tears (particularly on the lining)
H: 27 cm
