Attilio Pratella

(Lugo, 1856 - Napoli, 1949)

Provenance: Galleria Giosi, Naples as per stamp on the back

Of the same painting, which documents an exceptional snowfall in Naples, there are several versions signed by the painter.

Roberto Rinaldi in the volume dedicated to Neapolitan painting of the nineteenth century writes that:

[... Attilio Pratella moved to Naples from his hometown, without any guidance or protection, supported himself in the first years by decorating in "gouache" the views of Naples on the boxes of pastries, without ever neglecting small landscapes that he then sold to art dealers. The theme of Pratella's vast pictorial production ranged from Neapolitan landscapes to the historical sites of the city, painting them sometimes in a scrupulous and precise way, sometimes immediate and synthetic]