The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 23, 2024
Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples from a Cave
1820
(German, 1787–1856)
Sheet: 26.9 x 37.9 cm (10 9/16 x 14 15/16 in.); Secondary Support: 27.5 x 37.9 cm (10 13/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
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.Description
Adolf von Heydeck worked in Rome and later traveled south to Naples. This drawing presents that city’s most distinctive attraction: Mount Vesuvius, an active volcano that appears against an otherwise calm sky. Von Heydeck portrayed the scene from within a cave interior, contrasting the potentially overwhelming force of nature with the illusion of protection offered by distance and enclosed space.- ?-1968(C.G. Boerner, Düsseldorf, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)1968-Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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