Ancient painting "The Neapolitan Tarantella" oil on canvas 19th century

Oil on canvas. Neapolitan school, late 19th to early 20th century. The scene, set near a well on a terrace overlooking the Gulf of Naples, with the smoking Vesuvius in the background, depicts a group of women in traditional costume enjoying a convivial moment, playing and dancing the tarantella. Bright and colourful, it represents an episode of Neapolitan popular life, a highly appreciated subject. The painting is presented in a period gilded frame.