Pietro Fabris
Paintings
The Eruption of Vesuvius of 1767 seen from the ponte della Maddalena Naple
Paestum a view from the West with the temples of Poseidon and Ceres
Villagers preparing to depart for the festival of the Madonna dell'Arco
Naples a view of the Gulf of Pozzuoli and the islands of Nisida Procida Ischia and Capri
Eruption of Vesuvius
A lady in the traditional dress of the Island of Ischia
An interior with figures dancing drinking and smoking
Naples, a View of MergellinaView of Paestum
Posillipo, a View of the Coast towards Vesuvius
Pietro Fabris (active 1740 – 1792) was a painter of Italian descent, active in England and Naples. Pietro is best known for work he completed for the dilettante geologist, the diplomat Sir William Hamilton, which included a number of engravings based on his paintings that depicted contemporary volcanic activity collected in two books, Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, &c. (London, 1774) and Campi Phlegraei: Observations on the Volcanoes of the Two Sicilies (Naples, 1776). He also painted some soires sponsored by Hamilton, including one that included a young Mozart at the harpsichord. In other works he produced for sale, he painted Bamboccianti scenes, genre paintings of local folk in native garb at work or play.
The biography of Fabris is poorly documented.[1] He is suspected to have been born in England to a Venice-trained stage set designer called Jacobo Fabris. Pietro, as a young man, was patronized by the diplomat Hamilton to accompany him and visually reproduce for him on his jaunts to visit the volcanic sites in Mount Etna, Mount Vesuvius, and Lipari islands. His paintings and drawings were exhibited in 1768 in the London Free Society and in 1772 in the London Society of Artists of Great Britain. Fabris became acquainted with painter Antonio Joli in Naples.
References
Important Works on Paper: Vedute from the Kingdom of Naples from the 18th and 19th Centuries, Catalogue edited by Ermanno Bellucci, with editorial assistance by Milena Naldi, BNB Art Consulting]
The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography by John Francis Waller, John Eadie, William John Macquorn Rankine, Edwin Lankester.
Campi Phlegraei, Observations on the Volcanoes of the Two Sicilies in the Claremont Colleges Digital Library
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