Albert Bierstadt / Mount Vesuvius at Midnight / 1868

Albert Bierstadt
Mount Vesuvius at Midnight
1868
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Creator Name: Bierstadt, Albert
Creator Nationality: North American; American
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1830 - 1902
Gender: M
Creator Birth Place: Germany
Creator Name-CRT: Albert Bierstadt
Title: Mount Vesuvius at Midnight
Title Type: Primary
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1868
Creation End Date: 1868
Creation Date: 1868
Object Type: Paintings
Materials and Techniques: oil on canvas
Dimensions: Unframed: 42.6cm x 60.7cm
Inscriptions: signed lower right: ABierstadt / 68 [AB in monogram]
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 1949.541
Credit Line: Gift of S. Livingstone Mather, Philip Richard Mather, Katherine Hoyt (Mather) Cross, Katherine Mather McLean and Constance Mather Bishop
Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html
Context: For centuries, artists and tourists were attracted to Mount Vesuvius, a volcano near Naples. This awe-inspriing, not to say terrifying, natural wonder destroyed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, and continued to erupt from time to time, as it does to this day. While living in London in 1868, Albert Bierstadt heard that Vesuvius had erupted once again, and rushed immediately to Italy. It is not certain that the artist actually saw the cataclysm, although the painting presents a convincing image of the ash and lava spewed by the volcano. This is a smaller version of a larger canvas now lost.
AMICA ID: CMA_.1949.541
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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