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Pietro Fabris

Italian, active 1756-1779
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Pietro Fabris 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 concert parties 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. 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.

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Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Earl Of Seaforth

Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Earl Of Seaforth (1744 - 1781)

Pietro Fabris (Italian, active 1756-1779)
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Villagers Preparing To Depart For The Festival Of The Madonna Dell’arco

Villagers Preparing To Depart For The Festival Of The Madonna Dell’arco (1773)

Pietro Fabris (Italian, active 1756-1779)
Religion
A Young Girl In Traditional Neapolitan Dress In A Landscape, Together With A Young Boy And A Donkey

A Young Girl In Traditional Neapolitan Dress In A Landscape, Together With A Young Boy And A Donkey

Pietro Fabris (Italian, active 1756-1779)
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Naples, a view over ‘Il Miglio d’oro’, with figures on a terrace with a telescope

Naples, a view over ‘Il Miglio d’oro’, with figures on a terrace with a telescope

Pietro Fabris (Italian, active 1756-1779)
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Vesuvius erupting at night

Vesuvius erupting at night

Pietro Fabris (Italian, active 1756-1779)
Landscape
Figures dancing and playing music in the countryside

Figures dancing and playing music in the countryside

Pietro Fabris (Italian, active 1756-1779)
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