The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of S. Livingstone Mather, Philip Richard Mather, Katherine Hoyt (Mather) Cross, Katherine Mather McLean and Constance Mather Bishop

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Mount Vesuvius at Midnight

1868

ArtistAlbert Bierstadt (American, born Prussia [now Germany], 1830–1902)

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Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: Framed: 62 x 77 x 9 cm (24 7/16 x 30 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 42.6 x 60.7 cm (16 3/4 x 23 7/8 in.)
Classification: Painting
Style: American - Painting
Origin: America
Institution: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit: Gift of S. Livingstone Mather, Philip Richard Mather, Katherine Hoyt (Mather) Cross, Katherine Mather McLean and Constance Mather Bishop

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The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection

Visions of Vesuvius

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Visions of Vesuvius. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (organizer) (April 14-July 15, 1978). The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-July 7, 2013). Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, A Retrospective Exhibition: Albert Bierstadt 1830-1902 (5 August-13 September 1964), cat. no. 45, illus. as Mount Aetna. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Visions of Vesuvius (15 April-16 July 1978), no cat. number, listed p. 15, not illustrated. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, The Lure of Italy: American Artists and The Italian Experience, 1760-1914 (16 September-13 December 1992); traveled to Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art (3 February-11 April 1993); to Houston, Museum of Fine Arts (23 May-8 August 1993), cat. no. 53, pp. 213, 229, 276-277, illus. p. 277. The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/ 12/2012 - 01/07/2013 Getty Villa Malibu, CA; 02/24/2013 - 07/07/2013 Cleveland Museum of Art); "The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection"

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For centuries, artists and tourists have been attracted to Mount Vesuvius, a volcano near Naples. While living in London in 1868, Albert Bierstadt heard that the volcano was active once again, and rushed immediately to Italy. It is not certain that he actually saw an eruption, although the resultant painting presents a convincing image of spewing lava and ash.

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