BLECHEN, Karl
(b. 1797, Cottbus, d. 1840, Berlin)

Fishermen at the Gulf of Naples

1829-30
Oil on canvas, 20 x 34 cm
Nationalgalerie, Berlin

In 1828 Blechen went to Italy for a journey that unleashed a flood of new images, including many beach scenes, such as the pictures of Neapolitan fisherfolk.