Water color; A Neapolitan watermelon shop, Saverio della Gatta, Italian, 1777 - 1829, Pen and black ink and yellow, red, blue, green, brown, gray water colors on wove paper., Horizontal rectangle. The business goes on in front of the storeroom, which is in the basement at the corner of a house. A man is busy cutting a melon, another raises two halves and shouts. A boy carries two trays with pieces of melons. Children eat or await their shares. A boy tries the ripeness of a melon, a child searches among the peels. A boy is shown eating in the left corner. Framing line. The signature is in the lower right corner: 'Gatta f. 1828.', Italy, 1828, figures, Drawing, Drawing