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He was a landscape – painter, who arrived
in Naples after a long series of European halts. In 1770 he was commissioned
by Sir W. Hamilton to document the Vesuvius volcanic activity with
his paintings. Subsequently, Ferdinand IV Bourbon charged him of the
Realm’s Harbours series, with which a commercial relationship
with the royal world started and will last up to the Royal Family
departure from Naples. The King was so enthusiast of this artist’s
work, that he named him First Painter at Court in 1786.
As far as the Royal Colony of San Leucio is concerned,
Hackert painted works inspired by the caustic technique (using colours
mixed with wax), with objects taken from Herculaneum excavation site.
His classicist taste, his combination of old elements, sum up and,
at the same time witness for the trends of ‘700 Naples neoclassic
environment. He decorated the big bath-tub of San Leucio Cottage and
during his stay in Caserta, he used to live in the Old Royal Palace
in Caserta, already Palazzo Acquaviva.
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Virtual tour in San Leucio |
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