Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009633Mount Vesuvius at Midnight
About the Artwork
For centuries, artists and tourists have been attracted to Mount Vesuvius, a volcano near Naples. While living in London in 1868, Albert Bierstadt heard that the volcano was active once again, and rushed immediately to Italy. It is not certain that he actually saw an eruption, although the resultant painting presents a convincing image of spewing lava and ash.
Inscriptions
signed lower right: ABierstadt / 68 [AB in monogram]
Exhibition history
Visions of Vesuvius. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (organizer) (April 14-July 15, 1978). The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-July 7, 2013).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Albert Bierstadt (American, born Prussia [now Germany], 1830–1902)
- Date
- 1868
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 62 x 77 x 9 cm (24 7/16 x 30 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 42.6 x 60.7 cm (16 3/4 x 23 7/8 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Gift of S. Livingstone Mather, Philip Richard Mather, Katherine Hoyt (Mather) Cross, Katherine Mather McLean and Constance Mather Bishop
- Accession no.
- 1949.541
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