William Marlow

William Marlow traveled to Italy in the 1760s and used the subject matter from his early travels throughout his career, to the extent that he was eventually identified as a specialist in Italian views. This view of a fortress or castle on the water near Naples, possibly on the Bay of Baia, was executed after his return to Great Britain, when he published a group of prints of similar views. His drawing offers a commonplace encounter with the scene, as if drawn from the viewpoint of a fisherman’s boat.