Vesuvius in Eruption

95: Vesuvius in Eruption

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Anicet-Charles-Gabriel Lemonnier
Rouen 1743 - 1824 Paris

PD.11-1997: Fitzwilliam Museum
Rights held by: The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, bought from The Gow Fund

Lemonnier was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1772 and became a successful painter of historical and mythological subjects. With the permission of the French government, he extended his stay in Italy until 1784. He became an Academician in 1789 and exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1785 to 1814. Following the French Revolution, he was appointed to various official positions to ensure the preservation of French national heritage, including member of the Committee on Monuments and of the Arts Commission of the Louvre and director of the Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory.

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

Oil on paper
27.8 × 36.3 cm

Created: 1779

Section: Volcanoes

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