On display

Dance near Naples

Jacques Sablet (1749 - 1803)

Artist/Maker

DatesMade: Made 1784

Material / Technique

Oil on canvas

Dimensionsh x w: Mått 99 x 137 cm h x w: Ram 125 x 163 cm

Inventory numberNMDrh 79

AcqusitionTransferred 1865 Drottningholm Palace

Other titlesTitle (sv): Dans nära Neapel Title (en): Dance near Naples

DescriptionDescription: Wearing traditional costumes, Neapolitans perform a merry folk dance. Vesuvius fumes in the background. Sablet’s depiction seems authentic even if some of the figures look almost like caricatures. He may have been inspired by characters from opera buffa, a type of comic opera. The work was commissioned by Gustav III after his visit to Naples. His hosts, Ferdinand IV and Maria Carolina, ensured that he saw such popular entertainments.

Exhibited

Collection

MaterialOil paint, Duk, Masonite (Wood)

TechniquePainting

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