Classicist landscape in the front of a castle with fishermen and their female clients waiting for the catch was executed in the early 19th century by an representative of Italian  Romantical School and due to close manner and. Opposition was attributed to the hand of Italian landscape painter Giambattista Bassi ( 1784 in Massa Lombarda -1852 in Rome). At the height of his career, he was a highly regarded artist and associated with the most important artists of his time, such as Antonio Canova, Bertel Thorvaldsen, and Pietro Giordani.

Inscription: unsigned..

Technique: oil on paper or cardboard, old  gilt frame of later period.

Measurements: unframed w 13 3/4” x h 9 5/8” (35 x 24,5 cm),  framed w 20 1/4” x h 16 1/3” (51,5 x 41,5 cm) 

Condition: good , original canvas.