Tag: Neapolitan
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Neapolitan school; Galleon coming out of a port 01 Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #254
Galleon, full-rigged sailing ship that was built primarily for war, and which developed in the 15th and 16th centuries. The name derived from “galley,” which had come to be synonymous with “war vessel”. A high, square forecastle rose behind the bow, the three or four masts carried both square and fore-and-aft sails, and one or…
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Lazzaro Pasini, Neapolitan coastal scene 02 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #134
The Neapolitan coast is one of Italy’s most beautiful stretch of coast, home to stunning scenery, colourful towns and fishermen’s ports. Lazzaro Pasini (1861–1949) was an Italian painter, mainly of landscapes, but also some genre works. A pupil of engraver Romualdo Belloli, in Reggio Emilia, the city of his birth, Lazzaro Pasini moved to Florence after obtaining a…