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"did_you_know": "Mount Vesuvius was almost continuously active at the time that Franz Ludwig Catel visited Naples, and erupted just two years before this painting was completed.",
"description": "Franz Ludwig Catel worked in Rome and later traveled south to Naples. This painting presents that city\u2019s most distinctive attraction: Mount Vesuvius, an active volcano that appears against an otherwise calm sky. Catel portrayed the scene from within a hotel room, contrasting the potentially overwhelming force of nature with the illusion of protection offered by distance and enclosed space.",
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"citation": "Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974.",
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"citation": "Sontgen, Beate. \"Innen und Aussen: Interieur-Vorhange in der Malerei um 1900.\" In Hinter dem Vorhang: Verh\u00fcllung und Enth\u00fcllung seit der Renaissance - von Tizian bis Christo. Oskar Ba\u0308tschmann, et.al., 226-235. M\u00fcnchen: Hirmer : D\u00fcsseldorf: Museum Kunstpalast, 2016.",
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"citation": "Caputo, Rosario. La pittura napoletana del primo Ottocento.
Sorrento (Napoli) : Franco Di Mauro editore, 2021.",
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