Vesuvausbruch von 1771 (The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1771), 1797

Not on View

etching and aquatint printed in brown, laid down on a mount with a contemporary printed ornamental border on blue paper and collaged title

sheet: 20 × 30 cm (7 7/8 × 11 13/16 in.)
mount: 24 × 33.8 cm (9 7/16 × 13 5/16 in.)

2020.36.3

Johann Carl Richter (artist) German, 1759-after 1832

Pierre-Jacques Volaire (artist after) French, 1729 - before 1802

in plate, in image, at lower left: Richter fecit; engraved on label, collaged on border at lower center: Vesuvausbruch von 1771

2021: Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022.

2021: Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 17, fig. 7.