Ref: 3023
View of the Bay of Sorrento with boats and sailing ships
Salomon Corrodi
1855
Watercolour on paper
Signed and dated on the left on the rock: S. Corrodi 1855
Watercolour on paper
Signed and dated on the left on the rock: S. Corrodi 1855
Provenance: Provenance:
In family ownership through inheritance to the present day, Germany.
Acquired directly from the artist around 1855.
In family ownership through inheritance to the present day, Germany.
Acquired directly from the artist around 1855.
Literature: Literature:
C. Steinhoff: Salomon Corrodi and his time 1810–1892, A Swiss artist's life in the 19th century, 1992, No. 61, page 60
Catalogue Galleria Romana Dell'ottocento: Il Grand Tour Nelle Vedute Italiane Di Salomon Corrodi, Rome, 1985, page 29
C. Steinhoff: Salomon Corrodi and his time 1810–1892, A Swiss artist's life in the 19th century, 1992, No. 61, page 60
Catalogue Galleria Romana Dell'ottocento: Il Grand Tour Nelle Vedute Italiane Di Salomon Corrodi, Rome, 1985, page 29
Description: Salomon Corrodi (Zürich 1810 - Como 1892)
Even in Roman times, the small, idyllic port town of Sorrento was the summer residence of numerous aristocrats and wealthy citizens. During the 19th century, the town became one of Italy's most popular tourist destinations, attracting famous figures such as Goethe and Nietzsche to visit the small town by the sea. One of them was the Swiss painter Salomon Corrodi, who painted this watercolour of the bay of Sorrento in 1855, in which the evening sun bathes the sea, the coast and the bright facades of the houses in a southern light. The warm atmosphere of a southern summer evening permeates this work through and through.
Even in Roman times, the small, idyllic port town of Sorrento was the summer residence of numerous aristocrats and wealthy citizens. During the 19th century, the town became one of Italy's most popular tourist destinations, attracting famous figures such as Goethe and Nietzsche to visit the small town by the sea. One of them was the Swiss painter Salomon Corrodi, who painted this watercolour of the bay of Sorrento in 1855, in which the evening sun bathes the sea, the coast and the bright facades of the houses in a southern light. The warm atmosphere of a southern summer evening permeates this work through and through.
View of the Bay of Sorrento with boats and sailing ships