View of the Bay of Pozzuoli
by WITTEL, Caspar Andriaans van, Oil on canvas, 71 x 170 cm
This canvas was part of a series of Italian views commissioned by the ninth Duke of Medinaceli, Viceroy of Naples, in around 1700. Many of the vedute are depictions of Naples and the surrounding countryside but there were also views of Venice, Florence and Rome. The present painting shows a view of the Bay of Pozzuoli, near Naples, taken from the east, looking towards the port of Baia, with the islands of Nisida, Procida and Ischia.