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Eruption of Mt Vesuvius, Seen from the Ponte della Maddalena in Naples, c.1783. Creator: Francesco Piranesi.

Eruption of Mt Vesuvius, Seen from the Ponte della Maddalena in Naples, c.1783. Creator: Francesco Piranesi.

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Eruption of Mt Vesuvius, Seen from the Ponte della Maddalena in Naples, c.1783. The eruption of Mt Vesuvius on 8 August 1779 caused great panic among the Neapolitans, for it reminded them of the catastrophe that destroyed Pompeii in AD 79. Although it is uncertain whether Desprez actually witnessed this event, he depicted it with the intensity of a personal experience. The outburst lights up the night sky and casts shadows as in daylight, dramatizing the figures' desperate flight.

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People Information

Creator
  1. Francesco Piranesi, attributed to: Italian: Artist, engraver, printmaker, etcher
After
  1. Louis Jean Desprez: French: Artist, painter, architect
Medium
  1. Etching
  2. Gouache (paint)
  3. Ink
  4. Paper
  5. Watercolour (paint)
Picture Type
  1. Landscape
  2. Print
Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe Italy Campania Napoli Naples

  1. 40 50 00 N , 014 15 00 E

World Europe Netherlands

  1. 52 30 00 N , 005 45 00 E

World Europe Italy Campania Napoli

  1. 40 53 00 N , 014 25 00 E
Category Hierarchy

History & Politics Historical Events Disasters

Science & Nature Times of the Day

Science & Nature Natural Phenomena

Science & Nature Geographical Features

Artistic Representations Landscapes

Locations & Buildings Other

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4824x6920
File Size : 97,800kb

Aliases

  1. RP-P-2017-6105
  1. GT
  1. 1060006668
  1. 2-985-074
  1. 2985074
  1. RP-P-2017-6105
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