Shipwreck

1622·Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper·12.2 × 33.7 cm (4 13/16 × 13 5/16 in.)

<p>Sent to Naples from his native Rome as a child, Filippo carried the moniker of his adopted city as he went on to become an important artist at the court of Cosimo II de’ Medici in Florence.</p>

Catalogue

Year: 1622
Medium: Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: 12.2 × 33.7 cm (4 13/16 × 13 5/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Filippo Napoletano

Artist

Filippo Napoletano

Painting

Filippo Napoletano, whose real name was Filippo Teodoro di Liagno was an Italian artist, with a varied output, mainly landscape and genre scenes and also drawings or etchings of diverse, often particular, items such as exotic soldiers, skeletons of animals, or cityscapes.

Florence

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