View of Naples: Musée Borbonio
19th century
Medium
Pen and black ink, graphite. Framing lines in pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash.
Dimensions
sheet: 10 3/16 x 14 1/4 in. (25.8 x 36.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Francis L. Noble, 1935
Accession Number
35.37.2
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into 19th-century Naples through this delicate drawing, *View of Naples: Musée Borbonio*, created by anonymous French artist. Capturing the bustling cityscape around the esteemed Musée Borbonio—today's National Archaeological Museum—this work showcases grand architecture, lively streets, and human figures going about their daily lives. Donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in1935, it exemplifies the topographic sketches popular among European travelers during the era. Rendered in pen and black ink with graphite underdrawing, the piece employs framing lines in pen and brown ink, plus ...
About the Artist
Anonymous, French, 19th century · 1800–1900
**Anonymous, French, 19th Century (ca. 1800–1900)** The artist cataloged as Anonymous, French, 19th century embodies the enigmatic yet essential contributions of unidentified creators to France's vibrant 19th-century art world. Active roughly between 1800 and 1900, this figure—or potentially collective workshop—produced a diverse array of works amid the nation's transition from Neoclassicism thro...