Dear Bob,

I can't help you personally but have forwarded your enquiry to a
couple of museum lists where you might get some assistance.   Good
hunting.  Best, John Perkins

At 11:05 AM -0800 1/31/00, Catherine Scott wrote:
>Mr. Perkins;
>Permit me to introduce myself.  I am Robert Scott, a volunteer worker at
>the Ventura County Maritime Museum, Oxnard, California.
>
>We have two beautiful, small paintings in the museum titled "Cogs on the
>Zuider Zee".  They are painted in the Dutch style and one of them is
>signed "R. Cavalla". We have no biographical information about Cavalla.
>I have queried American art museums without any success.  Searching
>through various museum listings, I frequently encounter references to
>Cavalla in Italian.  It seems possible that the artist is Italian and
>painting in the Dutch style.   Since I have no access to a listing of
>Italian art museums, I am wondering if you can point me to a link where
>I can enquire about Cavalla.
>
>Thanks in advance
>Bob Scott, Ventura County Maritime Museum
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