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Eruption of Vesuvius with Destruction of a Roman City
Sebastian Pether (British, 1790–1844)
1824
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
71.4 x 92 cm (28 1/8 x 36 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Grant Walker Fund
Accession Number1978.157
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsLower center, on rock: S. Pether / 1824
ProvenanceArt market, London [see note 1]. By 1977, Old Hall Gallery, Ltd., Surrey, England; 1978, sold by Old Hall Gallery to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 12, 1978)
NOTES:
[1] According to the Old Hall Gallery, the painting was acquired at a sale of "important pictures by one of the auction houses in London." This sale has not been identified.
NOTES:
[1] According to the Old Hall Gallery, the painting was acquired at a sale of "important pictures by one of the auction houses in London." This sale has not been identified.