The Neapolitan Coast with Vesuvius in Eruption

92: The Neapolitan Coast with Vesuvius in Eruption

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Johan Christian Clausen Dahl
Bergen 1788 - 1857 Dresden

PD.43-1986: Fitzwilliam Museum
Rights held by: The Syndics of the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridg

At the time of his birth in Bergen (Norway), the city was under Danish rule (until 1814), and Dahl attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen from 1811 to 1817. He joined the Danish Royal party in Italy in 1820 and spent about six months in Naples, followed by four months in Rome, where he met many artists, including Achille-Etna Michallon. Dahl eventually settled in Dresden, and in 1824, took up a post at the Academy, where his pupils included Thomas Fearnley. While he spent most of his life outside Norway, he remained a great supporter of the arts in his native country and was a key figure in the founding of the National Gallery of Norway in Oslo in 1842.

Text written and researched by Amy Marquis Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge.

Oil on paper, mounted on cardboard
23 x 33.5 cm

Created: 1820

Section: Volcanoes

This can be found in Gallery 11: The Arts of the 20th Century