About this artwork
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Artist
- Pierre-Jacques Volaire
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Title
- The Eruption of Vesuvius
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Origin
- France
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Date
- 1771
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Medium
- Oil on canvas
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Inscriptions
- Inscribed bottom left: Vue de l'Eruption / du mont Vesuve du 14 / may 1771 peinte Sur le / lieu par le Che Volaire.
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Dimensions
- 46 × 95 5/8 in. (116.8 × 242.9 cm)
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Credit Line
- Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection
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Reference Number
- 1978.426
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