Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right. Numbered by hand “A.5.”, “172”, “6170” verso on the stretcher, with an illegible round stamp and a fragmented label from the shipping company Gustav Knauer, Berlin. 58.5 x 90 cm.
• The artist came from the famous artist family Agricola.
• Between 1830 and 1850, Agricola lived in Rome and Naples and explored the surrounding landscapes.
• Vesuvius, particularly atmospherically depicted here, was one of his favorite subjects.
LITERATURE: Presumably Friedrich von Boetticher, Malerwerke des 19. Jahrhunderts, Dresden 1891-1901 (reprint 1969), vol. I.1, p. 21, no. 14 (“Der Vesuv vom Eingang in den Posilippo aus”. Through the Munich Art Association 38 to Count Waldkirch, Athens. Berlin, exhibition of the Art Association 44). Rudolph Lepkes Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin: Gemälde neuerer Meister aus Museum- und Privatbesitz. Werke von: A. Achenbach, C. Becker, E. de Block, E. Bracht, L. Braun, March 20, 1923, Lot 52.
