Sunset on the Neapolitan coast with far view of Vesuv, this romantical painting was executed by important Italian painter of landscapes and orientalist  scenes Hermann David Solomon CORRODI (1844 Frascati - 1905 Rome).
Corrodi lived for many years in Rome. Corrodi studied at the Academy of St Luke under his father, Salomon Corrodi (1810–1892) and in Paris (1872). Corrodi received commissions for history paintings from the British royal family. He was acquainted with most of the European royalty of the time, including a friendship with Queen Victoria, and traveled widely in the Far East, Egypt, Syria, Cyprus, Greece and Turkey, which provided the subject matter for many of his paintings . He is the brother of Arnold Corrodi. Originally a landscape painter in the academic style, much of his work is also typical of the Orientalism style of the 19th century. In 1893 he was knighted as an Academic of Merit by the Academy of St Luke , where he had been a professor.

Corrodi's works are in the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, WA, the Dahesh Museum of Art in New York, Qatar National Museum, and Museo di Roma in Trastevere.

Literature in : in Getman: " Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenen Künstler " by Thieme / Becker. Leipzig, 1999; Allgemwines Lexicon von Künstler"  by Saur; in Italian: Comanucci II, Lexicon  of Italian painters, 1971.

Inscription: signed and located  H.Corrodi, ROM, lower right, antique bronze plaque mounted on the frame.

Technique: oil on canvas, luxuriousy original  gold-plated frame.

Measurements: unframed w 18 1/2" x h 22 5/8" (43,5 x 74 cm); framed w 26 1/8" x h 30 1/2" (58,5 x 88,5 cm).

Condition: in very good condition.