{"id":8880,"date":"2020-06-09T18:02:23","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T16:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/?post_type=opera&p=8880"},"modified":"2022-05-17T18:37:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T16:37:33","slug":"salvatore-fergola-grotta-bonea-at-cava-dei-tirreni","status":"publish","type":"opera","link":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/opera\/salvatore-fergola-grotta-bonea-at-cava-dei-tirreni\/","title":{"rendered":"Salvatore Fergola – Grotta Bonea at Cava dei Tirreni"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Salvatore Fergola<\/p>\n

(<\/span>Nap<\/span>les<\/span>\u00a01799-1874)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Grotta\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Bonea\u00a0<\/span><\/i>at<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Cava\u00a0dei\u00a0Tirreni<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Circa\u00a0<\/span>1830<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

O<\/span>il on canvas<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>20<\/span>.<\/span>2<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00d7<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>16<\/span>\u00a0cm<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Signed on back of canvas<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0pen<\/span>:\u00a0<\/span>\u201c<\/span>Fergola<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Proven<\/span>ance<\/span>:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Rom<\/span>e<\/span>, privat<\/span>e collection<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Among the canonical\u00a0<\/span>destinations<\/span>\u00a0of nineteenth century landscape painting in Naples,<\/span>\u00a0the cave<\/span>\u00a0Grotta\u00a0Bonea<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is situated on the route that led to the famous<\/span>\u00a0and agreeable sanctuary of\u00a0<\/span>Avvocatella<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>near<\/span>\u00a0Cava<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0and was considered a picturesque subject due to the presence of wild, rocky terrain, ancient ruins and modest rural buildings<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0sometimes represented as a place of refuge for hermits\u00a0<\/span>or<\/span>\u00a0brigands<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0depending on the fancy of the artist.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>The subject was of interest to exponents of the\u00a0<\/span>Posillipo<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>S<\/span>chool such as<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Anton\u00a0Sminck\u00a0Pitloo\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Giacinto Gigante,\u00a0<\/span>as well as<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Salvatore\u00a0<\/span>Fergola<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0in<\/span>\u00a0this\u00a0<\/span>small,\u00a0<\/span>valuable painting<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>The large exhibition held by the\u00a0<\/span>Gallerie\u00a0d\u2019Italia\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0Nap<\/span>les in<\/span>\u00a02016 ha<\/span>s finally recognised this artist for his role not only of protagonist of\u00a0<\/span>veduta<\/span><\/i>\u00a0painting in his time, but also his official role\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0document<\/span>arian of<\/span>\u00a0the social aspects and technical and industrial innovations of the\u00a0<\/span>Kingdom of the Two\u00a0Sicilies<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Salvatore Fergola (Naples\u00a01799-1874)\u00a0 Grotta\u00a0Bonea\u00a0at\u00a0Cava\u00a0dei\u00a0Tirreni\u00a0 Circa\u00a01830\u00a0 Oil on canvas,\u00a020.2\u00a0\u00d7\u00a016\u00a0cm\u00a0 Signed on back of canvas,\u00a0in\u00a0pen:\u00a0\u201cFergola\u201d\u00a0 Provenance:\u00a0Rome, private collection\u00a0   \u00a0 Among the canonical\u00a0destinations\u00a0of nineteenth century landscape painting in Naples,\u00a0the cave\u00a0Grotta\u00a0Bonea\u00a0is situated on the route that led to the famous\u00a0and agreeable sanctuary of\u00a0Avvocatella\u00a0near\u00a0Cava,\u00a0and was considered a picturesque subject due to the presence of wild, rocky terrain, ancient ruins…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8941,"template":"","autore":[155],"tipologia_opera":[81],"ambito_opera":[82],"data_opera":[295],"disponibilita_opera":[480],"titolo_mostra":[],"tag_mostra":[],"class_list":["post-8880","opera","type-opera","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","autore-salvatore-fergola-1796-1874","tipologia_opera-opere-mostre-en","ambito_opera-pittura-en","data_opera-295","disponibilita_opera-non-disponibile","description-off"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/opera\/8880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/opera"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/opera"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"autore","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/autore?post=8880"},{"taxonomy":"tipologia_opera","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tipologia_opera?post=8880"},{"taxonomy":"ambito_opera","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ambito_opera?post=8880"},{"taxonomy":"data_opera","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/data_opera?post=8880"},{"taxonomy":"disponibilita_opera","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disponibilita_opera?post=8880"},{"taxonomy":"titolo_mostra","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/titolo_mostra?post=8880"},{"taxonomy":"tag_mostra","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tag_mostra?post=8880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}