Eruption of Mt Vesuvius, Seen from the Ponte della Maddalena in Naples
The eruption of Mt Vesuvius on 8 August 1779 caused great panic with 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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Eruption of Mt Vesuvius, Seen from the Ponte della Maddalena in Naples
The eruption of Mt Vesuvius on 8 August 1779 caused great panic with 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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Aankoop met steun van het F.G. Waller-Fonds
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Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds
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De uitbarsting van de Vesuvius ...... urtjes een dramatische lading.
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The eruption of Mt Vesuvius on ...... the figures’ desperate flight.
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RP-P-2017-6105
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Rijksmuseum
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Eruption of Mt Vesuvius, Seen from the Ponte della Maddalena in Naples
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Uitbarsting van de Vesuvius, gezien vanaf de Ponte della Maddalena, Napels
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c. 1783
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ca. 1783
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blad breedte 484 mm
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blad lengte 704 mm
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length 704 mm
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width 484 mm
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Collectie: prenten
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Collection: prints
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