Art Institute of Chicago, Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester CollectionCC0 (public domain) · 8,600 × 3,958 px · Art Institute of Chicago · IIIF
1771 · Art Institute of Chicago
The Eruption of Vesuvius
Pierre-Jacques VolaireWikidata
painting by Pierre-Jacques Volaire, Art Institute of Chicago
In the picture
- Date
- 1771WikidataArt Institute of Chicago: 1771
- Medium
- Oil on canvasArt Institute of ChicagoWikidata: Oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- 116.8 × 242.9 cmArt Institute of ChicagoWikidata: 116.8 × 242.9 cm
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago, ChicagoWikidata
- 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
- 1978 –Art Institute of Chicagohigh 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.
Identifiers & sources+
- Art Institute of Chicago57996
- Wikimedia CommonsPierre-Jacques Volaire - The Eruption of Vesuvius - 1978.426 - Art Institute of Chicago.jpg
- inventory number1978.426
- WikidataQ20270314
- Fame rank#19032 (1 Wikipedia articles)
