The Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius

Artist Pierre-Jacques Volaire French, 1729–before 1802

Date1777

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensionsoverall: 53 1/8 x 89 in. (134.9 x 226.1 cm)
frame: 60 1/4 x 96 5/8 x 4 in. (153 x 245.4 x 10.2 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Alcy C. Kendrick Bequest and the State of North Carolina, by exchange

Object number82.1

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On view

ProvenanceCommissioned in 1777 by Henry Blundell, for Ince Blundell Hall, Lancashire; thence by descent to Col. Sir joseph Weld, who sold Ince in 1960, but kept the art collections (transferred paintings to Lulworth Castle, Dorset in 1961); his sale, Christie's, London, 12 December 1980, lot 104, bought by Agnew's); with Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London; sold to NCMA, 1982.

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