# View of the Bay of Naples [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [JOLI, Antonio]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 78 x 108 cm ## Commentary This painting presents a view of the Bay of Naples from the south \(possibly Poggioreale\), looking north with a king of the Bourbon family, possibly Ferdinand IV, in the foreground. Joli was perhaps the most popular of the vedutisti working in Naples during the latter half of the 18th century, and it was his popularity in this particular field which led to his appointment in the court of Charles VII of Naples \(1716-1788\), and later Ferdinand IV \(1751-1825\). Five other autograph versions of this composition are known. ## Related artworks - [Architectural Capriccio]() - [Architectural Capriccio with Figures]() - [Arrival of Charles III in Naples]() - [Capriccio with Elegant Figures]() - [Rome: View of the Colosseum and The Arch of Constantine]() - [Rome: View of the Tiber]() - [Rome: View of the Tiber]() - [The Royal Procession to the Church of Santa Maria di Piedigrotta]() - [View of La Iglesia y la Plaza de San Antonio, Aranjuez]() - [View of London]() - [View of the Forum Romanum]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()