The eruption of Vesuvius - Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes

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The eruption of Vesuvius - Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes

The eruption of Vesuvius - Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes

Image series :
Salon de 1814

Notice précédente Notice n°2 sur 2

Artist :
Valenciennes, Pierre-Henri de (1750-1819)
Date :
1813
Type of image :
Peinture sur toile
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
148x196 cm
Topic :
Volcano
Storage Location :
Toulouse, Musée des Augustins
78 1 1
Signed work
Work dated

Description

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes was a fervent supporter of historical landscapes: in particular, he was one of the instigators of the creation in 1816 of a Prix de Rome for historical landscapes. It is to this genre that this painting belongs, in which the artist depicts the death of Pliny the Elder, who, having wanted to get close to the mountain to see the eruption of Vesuvius, was punished for his reckless curiosity, and died asphyxiated by the smoke.

History :
  1. Signed and dated lower right: "P.VALENCIENNES 1813".
  2. Exhibited at the Salon of 1814, n°893.
    Former collection of the Comte de Lacépède; Collection of Achille Valenciennes; Public sale Bardinet, 1945, Paris; Purchase by the commune of Toulouse from the Marshall Spink Gallery in 1977.

Technical Data

Notice #024959

Image HD

Image editing :
Image web
Image Origin :
Wikimedia commons
Copyright / Photographer :
Didier Descouens, Licence CC0 4.0

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