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Charles of Bourbon Hunting Coots on Lake Licola

Charles of Bourbon Hunting Coots on Lake Licola is an oil painting on canvas by the French artist Claude Joseph Vernet, commissioned by Charles III of Spain during Vernet's second stay in Naples in 1746. A slightly larger copy now in the Palace of Versailles was commissioned by the Marquis de L'Hôpital, French ambassador to Naples. The prime version was moved from the palace at Caserta in 1938 to the Capodimonte Palace in Naples and now hangs in the National Museum of Capodimonte.

Description The work portrays the king with his court engaged in a hunting expedition on boats, probably organized on the occasion of the visit of an important guest: this scene is depicted in the foreground, wit...

1746
Oil on canvas
75.0 x 155.0cm
Image and text courtesy of Wikipedia, 2023

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Capodimonte Museum
Permanent collection