Capodimonte porcelain
Videos
Capodimonte porcelain is porcelain created by the Capodimonte porcelain manufactory, which operated in Naples, Italy, between 1743 and 1759. Capodimonte is the most significant factory for early Itali
Jar painted by (or in the style of) Giovanni Caselli with three figures of Pulcinella from the commedia dell'arte, 1745–1750. 16.2 cm high
Detail from the porcelain room now in the Palace of Capodimonte
Naples biscuit porcelain group of the Bourbons: King Charles at rear, Ferdinand seated, with his wife and some of their 18 children. Filippo Tagliolini, c. 1784
Shell-shaped snuffbox, by Gricci, Caselli and a goldsmith, 1745–1750
Palace of Capodimonte
Videos
The Royal Palace of Capodimonte is a large palazzo in Naples, Italy. It was formerly the summer residence and hunting lodge of the Bourbon kings of the Two Sicilies, one of the two royal palaces in Na
Capodimonte porcelain
…In 1743, the newly arrived Bourbon King Charles VII of Naples and his wife Queen Maria Amalia of Saxony, founded the factory in the grounds of the Palace of Capodimonte on the outskirts of Naples (now a museum). The queen's grandfather, Augustus II the Strong, Elector of Saxony, had founded the Meissen porcelain factory…
Royal Palace of Capodimonte façade
Façade or Elevation of the Royal Palace designed for the Villa of Capo di Monte, 1738, signed by Giovanni Antonio de Medrano (bottom left). Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Arsenal