Notes

The coastal city of Nauplion (also known as Nafplio) located in the Peloponnese in Greece was founded in antiquity and over the centuries has come under the sway of the Byzantines, the Franks, the Venetian Republic and the Ottoman Empire before becoming part of modern Greece during the Greek War of Independence in 1822.

Provenance

Inherited from the artist's estate.

Literature

Susan Isaac and Jillian Carmen (2005) Walter Battiss: Gentle Anarchist, Johannesburg: Standard Bank Art Gallery, another work of the same view of the same date illustrated in colour on page 130.