Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples from a Cave

1820

watercolor with graphite; framing lines in pen and black ink

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Mount Vesuvius was almost continuously active at the time that Adolf von Heydeck visited Naples, and erupted just two years after this drawing was completed.

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Mount Vesuvius was almost continuously active at the time that Adolf von Heydeck visited Naples, and erupted just two years after this drawing was completed.

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