The Castel Nuovo in Naples, with a View of Mount Vesuvius — Joseph Vernet | DiscoverArt

The Castel Nuovo in Naples, with a View of Mount Vesuvius

ca. 1737–53

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, over black chalk

33.4 × 49.4 cm (13.1 × 19.4 in)

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