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1771 · Art Institute of Chicago

The Eruption of Vesuvius

Pierre-Jacques VolaireWikidata

painting by Pierre-Jacques Volaire, Art Institute of Chicago

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Date
1771Wikidata
Art Institute of Chicago: 1771
Medium
Oil on canvasArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
116.8 × 242.9 cmArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: 116.8 × 242.9 cm
Gallery
Gallery 219Art Institute of Chicago
Genre
landscape painting, nocturneWikidata
Materials
oil paint, canvasWikidata
Inventory no.
1978.426Wikidata
Credit line
Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester CollectionArt Institute of Chicago

Provenance

Where it has been

  1. 1978 –
    Art Institute of Chicago
    high confidenceWikidata · collection

Exhibition historyArt Institute of Chicago

Detroit Institute of Arts and Art Institute of Chicago, "The Golden Age of Naples: Art and Civilization under the Bourbons, 1734–1805," 11 August–1 November 1981, 16 January–8 March 1982, no. 76. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, "Eyewitness Views: Making History in Eighteenth-Century Europe," from May 9-July 30, 2017; traveled to the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota from September 10-December 31, 2017, finally at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio from February 25-May 20, 2018, fig. 178.
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