signed Pratella lower left
Roberto Rinaldi in "Painters in Naples in the Nineteenth Century" describes the style of Attilio Pratella as follows:
[... Attilio Pratella was considered one of the greatest vedutisti of the Neapolitan school. He devoted himself to landscape painting, painting, with particular chromatic freshness, seascapes and small-format views.
Over time and with technique he managed to establish himself with the general public. He exhibited at the Promotrice of Naples, in '85 at the Salon des Artistes and in '87 in Venice, dedicating himself in this period increasingly to landscape painting from life]