id:			127224
accession number:	1949.541
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.541
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:13.810000

Mount Vesuvius at Midnight, 1868. Albert Bierstadt (American, 1830–1902). Oil on canvas; framed: 62 x 77 x 9 cm (24 7/16 x 30 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.); unframed: 42.6 x 60.7 cm (16 3/4 x 23 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of S. Livingstone Mather, Philip Richard Mather, Katherine Hoyt (Mather) Cross, Katherine Mather McLean and Constance Mather Bishop 1949.541

title:				Mount Vesuvius at Midnight
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creation date:			1868
creation date earliest:		1868
creation date latest:		1868
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creditline:			Gift of S. Livingstone Mather, Philip Richard Mather, Katherine Hoyt (Mather) Cross, Katherine Mather McLean and Constance Mather Bishop
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culture:	America, 19th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Albert Bierstadt (American, 1830–1902)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 62 x 77 x 9 cm (24 7/16 x 30 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 42.6 x 60.7 cm (16 3/4 x 23 7/8 in.)
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	inscription:	signed lower right:  ABierstadt / 68 [AB in monogram]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Visions of Vesuvius
	opening date:   1978-04-14T05:00:00
	<i>Visions of Vesuvius</i>. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (organizer) (April 14-July 15, 1978).

	title:		The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection
	opening date:   2012-09-03T00:00:00
	<i>The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-July 7, 2013).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, A Retrospective Exhibition: Albert Bierstadt 1830-1902 (5 August-13 September 1964), cat. no. 45, illus. as Mount Aetna.', 'opening_date': '1964-08-05T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Visions of Vesuvius (15 April-16 July 1978), no cat. number, listed p. 15, not illustrated.', 'opening_date': '1978-04-15T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, The Lure of Italy: American Artists and The Italian Experience, 1760-1914 (16 September-13 December 1992); traveled to Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art (3 February-11 April 1993); to Houston, Museum of Fine Arts (23 May-8 August 1993), cat. no. 53, pp. 213, 229, 276-277, illus. p. 277.', 'opening_date': '1992-09-16T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/ 12/2012 - 01/07/2013 Getty Villa Malibu, CA; 02/24/2013 - 07/07/2013 Cleveland Museum of Art); "The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection"', 'opening_date': '2013-01-07T00:00:00'}

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