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Eruption (Vesuvius), black and white painting
By Charles Buckley
Located in New York, NY
We are delighted to debut Charles Buckley’s most recent series of ink drawings, based on photographs sourced from the mid-20th century. Buckley recreates photographs of three women a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic

The Presence of Absence – Female (III) by Tom Price - Coal sculpture, nude body
By Tom Price
Located in Paris, FR
by the 79 AD Vesuvius eruption, which left the locals' bodies burned, destroyed, and yet strangely
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

The Presence of Absence – Male (I) by Tom Price - Coal sculpture, nude body
By Tom Price
Located in Paris, FR
AD Vesuvius eruption, which left the locals' bodies burned, destroyed, and yet strangely preserved
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

The Presence of Absence – Male (III) by Tom Price - Coal sculpture, nude body
By Tom Price
Located in Paris, FR
AD Vesuvius eruption, which left the locals' bodies burned, destroyed, and yet strangely preserved
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

The Presence of Absence – Female (I) by Tom Price - Coal sculpture, nude body
By Tom Price
Located in Paris, FR
AD Vesuvius eruption, which left the locals' bodies burned, destroyed, and yet strangely preserved
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

The Eruption of Vesuvius 14 May 1771 by Heinrich Guttenberg, c. 1800
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Eruption du Mont Vésuve, du 14 Mai, 1771 (Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, May 14, 1771) is an engraving
Category

Antique 19th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

18th Century Italian Group, "Fleeing the Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius" in Pompeii
Located in valatie, NY
18th century Italian slipware decorated Pottery Group, "Fleeing the Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Destroyed cable car on Vesuvius
By Fratelli Alinari
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
destroyed in 1944 during a minor eruption of Vesuvius. Today, only ruins bear witness to it; a car road
Category

19th Century Landscape Photography

'Mount Vesuvius, Italy' — from the series 'Axis Mundi', Contemporary
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
, resulting from the collapse of an earlier, much higher structure. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Photogravure, Etching

"Vesuvius" (abstract, pink, white, figure painting, historical, framed on linen)
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
offers a neutral color palette. Inspired by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, in Campania, Italy
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Dye, Ink

Vedutist Naples painter - 19th century painting - Vesuvius Gulf - Oil on canvas
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (19th century) - Gulf of Naples with eruption of Vesuvius. 44 x 70 cm without
Category

Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Pompeii and Herculaneum: the Living Cities of the Dead, by Theodor Kraus 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
the current commune of Ercolano, in the Italian region of Campania in the shadow of Mt. Vesuvius. It
Category

Vintage 1970s American Books

Materials

Paper

David, Francois-Anne The Antiquities of Herculaneum 12 Volumes Period Bindings
Located in San Francisco, CA
discovered in Herculaneum a town only 11 miles from Pompeii. Both were destroyed in 79 AD by the eruption of
Category

Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

Tempio Di Giove E Foro Civile, Pompeii, 1900
By Y. Simonetti
Located in Kensington, MD
Pompeii, was built circa 250 BC and was buried during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD. Scenes of
Category

Early 1900s Naturalistic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Framed Set of Five Lava Cameos Mid 19th c
Located in valatie, NY
Mount Vesuvius and was a reminder of the sinking of Pompeii in 79 AD when the city sank under lava and
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Mounted Objects

Materials

Lava, Foil

Pair of Italian 19th Century Louis XVI St. Gouaches in Their Original Frames
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vesuvius is a volcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy. It is best known for its eruption
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Louis XVI Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

Campi Phlegraei - View of a section of a part of the cone of Astruni, Italy
By Pietro Fabris
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
frequent and violent eruptions of Mount Vesuvius. From his country house at the foot of the volcano
Category

Late 18th Century Naturalistic Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving

Plinius, Copy of a Roman Statue, Early 20th Century
By Europa Antiques
Located in Madrid, ES
exhalations of the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius, which destroyed Herculaneum and Pompeii, while trying to
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Modern Busts

Materials

Cement

Pair of Italian 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gouaches in Their Original Frames
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
background Mount Vesuvius can be seen erupting amidst the beautiful Italian countryside. Stunning colors
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Louis XVI Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Fruitwood

18th Century Italian Hand Colored Engraving of Frescoes Excavated at Pompeii
Located in Stamford, CT
and Herculaneum beginning in 1758, which had been frozen in time since buried by the eruption of Mt
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

Pair Hand Colored Engravings of Roman Frescoes from Pompeii Circa 1800
Located in Stamford, CT
since buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79. These prints of frescoes served as souvenirs
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

Tragic Poet House Italian Tile Top Wood and Wrought Iron Table Cave Canem Pompei
Located in Atlanta, GA
known about the family members, who were likely killed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD." This
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Iron

Late 19th century Grand Tour bronze of the Dancing Faun
Located in Bath, Somerset
impluvium, the pool in the atrium, in the ruins of a grand Pompeiian house, destroyed by the eruption of
Category

Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Original Italian Frontispiece with Classic Elegance Engravings, 1757
Located in Langweer, NL
art and artifacts unearthed from the volcanic ash that preserved the ancient city after the eruption
Category

Antique 1750s Prints

Materials

Paper

Where Wild Hibiscus Grows, Absecon Island, NJ, Watercolor of Jersey Shore 1894
Located in Philadelphia, PA
(unlocated) and Vesuvius in Grand Eruption (unlocated) that he exhibited in various northern cities. He
Category

1890s Naturalistic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Antique Map of The Regions of Italy and Sicily during the Roman Empire, 1880
Located in Langweer, NL
buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. - **Corsica and Sardinia**: Smaller maps of the
Category

Antique 1880s Maps

Materials

Paper

Louis XVI oval mirror in gilded wood and stucco from the 19th century
By Societé anonyme francaise
Located in TARBES, FR
Pompeii (two towns near Naples engulfed by the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius). The structure of the
Category

Antique 1880s German Louis XVI Wall Mirrors

Materials

Stucco, Wood

Large 19th Century Bronze Bust
By Sabatino De Angelis
Located in London, GB
 Critical account of the situation and destruction by the first eruptions of Mt. Vesuvius, of Herculaneum
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Busts

Materials

Bronze

Large 19th Century Bronze Bust
Large 19th Century Bronze Bust
H 23.63 in W 17.72 in D 11.82 in
Ship Leaving the Bay at Sunrise French Seascape 18th century Rococo Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Museum of Art, OH) and using Delacroix on an Eruption of Vesuvius of 1767. Born in Marseille, Lacroix’s
Category

Late 18th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

XX Century Wall Decoration in Style of Pompeii
Located in Lisboa, PT
abruptly halted on August 24, 79 CE, when the nearby Mount Vesuvius erupted catastrophically, burying the
Category

Mid-20th Century European Paintings

Materials

Canvas

View of the Ovo Castle in the Moonlight, a 19th century Neapolitan gouache
Located in PARIS, FR
eruptions of Vesuvius are the favourite themes of these views. Here we have a view of the Ovo Castle, which
Category

Early 19th Century Romantic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Paper

Pliny, Gaius Secundus: HISTORIE OF THE WORLD
Located in Middletown, NY
observe the eruption of Vesuvius at closer quarters than was prudent is often, and justly, cited as an
Category

Antique Early 17th Century English Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

Italian Antique 18th Century Mythological Carved Coral 18Kt Gold With Diamonds
Located in Miami, FL
the town because of the boom of the French Revolution and of the eruption of Vesuvius in 1794
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Brooches

Materials

Coral, Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Francesco Passaretta 1970 Fluted Sardinian Coral Ring In 18Kt Gold With Diamonds
Located in Miami, FL
of the boom of the French Revolution and of the eruption of Vesuvius in 1794. Ferdinando IV of
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Modernist Cluster Rings

Materials

Coral, Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold

Domus Pompeii Fauno Stool by Roberto Sironi
By Roberto Sironi
Located in Pireaus-Athens, Greece
following the eruption of Vesuvius, Pompeii redefines our relationship with the past through its generative
Category

2010s Side Tables

Materials

Marble

Domus Pompeii Fauno Stool by Roberto Sironi
Domus Pompeii Fauno Stool by Roberto Sironi
H 19.69 in W 13.39 in D 13 in
Domus Pompeii Menandro Stool by Roberto Sironi
By Roberto Sironi
Located in Pireaus-Athens, Greece
following the eruption of Vesuvius, Pompeii redefines our relationship with the past through its generative
Category

2010s Side Tables

Materials

Marble

Domus Pompeii Vettii Stool by Roberto Sironi
By Roberto Sironi
Located in Pireaus-Athens, Greece
following the eruption of Vesuvius, Pompeii redefines our relationship with the past through its generative
Category

2010s Stools

Materials

Marble

Domus Pompeii Efebo Stool by Roberto Sironi
By Roberto Sironi
Located in Pireaus-Athens, Greece
following the eruption of Vesuvius, Pompeii redefines our relationship with the past through its generative
Category

2010s Side Tables

Materials

Marble

Domus Pompeii Efebo Stool by Roberto Sironi
Domus Pompeii Efebo Stool by Roberto Sironi
H 17.72 in W 13.78 in D 13 in
Domus Pompeii Dioscuri Stool by Roberto Sironi
By Roberto Sironi
Located in Pireaus-Athens, Greece
following the eruption of Vesuvius, Pompeii redefines our relationship with the past through its generative
Category

2010s Side Tables

Materials

Marble

Italian 1960 Double Strands Roots Coral Necklace Mount in Yellow Gold
Located in Miami, FL
the town because of the boom of the French Revolution and of the eruption of Vesuvius in 1794
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Modernist Multi-Strand Necklaces

Materials

Coral, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Italian 1850 Renaissance Revival Pendant Carved In Coral Mount In 14Kt Gold
Located in Miami, FL
of the boom of the French Revolution and of the eruption of Vesuvius in 1794. Ferdinando IV of
Category

Antique 1850s Italian Renaissance Revival Pendant Necklaces

Materials

Coral, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold

Titus Roman Emperor, Terracotta Round End, 19th Century
By Europa Antiques
Located in Madrid, ES
eruption of Vesuvius in 79 and the fire in Rome in 80. Famous is the definition that the historian
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Pair of Grand Tour Bronze Busts, “Homer” & “Pseudo-Seneca”, circa 1880
By Chiurazzi fondata
Located in Shippensburg, PA
buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The bust had been thought to be an image of Lucius Annaeus
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Busts

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Neapolitan Coral Quilted Convertible Earrings 18Kt Yellow Gold With VS Diamonds
By Oro Trend
Located in Miami, FL
Revolution and of the eruption of Vesuvius in 1794. Ferdinando IV of Bourbon founded the first factory for
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Modernist Clip-on Earrings

Materials

Coral, Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

19th Century Views of Pompeii Paintings Tempera on Paper by Fergola
Located in Milan, IT
was also present at the Bourbon exhibition of 1835 with an Eruption of Vesuvius. The two subjects
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Paintings

Materials

Paper

Studio Greytak 'Ammolite Cuff on Pyrite' Fire Opal, Tourmaline, Citrine & Jasper
By Studio Greytak
Located in Missoula, MT
green vesuvianite, born of another fiery eruption, break away like rising sparks. Below, the precise
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Cuff Bracelets

Materials

Citrine, Opal, Tourmaline, Pyrite, Jasper, Fire Opal, Silver

18th Century Convivial Scene Painting Oil on Canvas by Pietro Fabris
Located in Milan, IT
will be very dear to him, namely an eruption of Vesuvius, more precisely that of 20 October 1767; in
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Paintings

Materials

Canvas

'The Greek Temples of Paestrum' by Paul Albert Girard, Paris 1839 – 1920, French
Located in Bruges, BE
which still stand today. In 79 BC, the eruption of Vesuvius dealt a partial blow to Paestum, altering
Category

Late 19th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Study of John Singleton Copley's painting of John Hancock
By John B. Monaco
Located in Soquel, CA
photos. At age thirteen, in fact, he painted Vesuvius. However, he depicted the volcanic peak as it had
Category

1910s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Grand Tour Equestrian Bronze. Italy, Circa:1820
Located in Alexandria, VA
the Forum of Herculaneum, honoring the patron of the city. It was buried in the eruption of Vesuvius
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Neapolitan Gouache ''Eruzione 8 de Febrero de 1850''
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of Neapolitan Gouache ''Eruzione 8 de Febrero de 1850,'' 19th century. Views of Vesuvius
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Paintings

Materials

Wood, Gouache

"Ruins in the Wake of Mount Vesuvius, " Gouache Painting
By Charles Caryl Coleman
Located in Southport, CT
witnessed with awe and fascination the 1906 eruption of Italy’s famed Mount Vesuvius. Coleman documented the
Category

Antique Early 1900s Italian Other Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper

Pair of Late 19th Century Gouache Paintings of Mt. Vesuvius
Located in Stonington, CT
This pair of late 19th century gouaches depict the scene of the Bay of Naples with night eruptions
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Romantic Paintings

Materials

Paper

The Bucranium Mirror
Located in London, GB
principle, but in a first-century fresco from Boscoreale, protected by the eruption of Vesuvius and now at
Category

21st Century and Contemporary English George III Wall Mirrors

The Bucranium Mirror
The Bucranium Mirror
H 63.5 in W 40.5 in D 2.5 in
Group of 5 Aquatint Engravings of the Ancient Italian City of Pompei
By Paolo Fumagalli
Located in New York, NY
ft of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Largely preserved under
Category

1820s Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving

A Nineteenth Century The East River Looking Southwest by Nicolino Calyo
By Nicolino Calyo
Located in New York, NY
, reminiscent of Neapolitan views of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, established Calyo’s reputation in the city
Category

Antique 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Paper

A Nineteenth Century View of Lower New York from Jersey City by Nicolino Calyo
By Nicolino Calyo
Located in New York, NY
south of Wall Street. His large gouaches of the fire, reminiscent of Neapolitan views of the eruption of
Category

Antique 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Paper

Studio Greytak 'Ammolite Cuff on Pyrite' Fire Opal, Tourmaline, Citrine & Jasper
By Studio Greytak
Located in Missoula, MT
green vesuvianite, born of another fiery eruption, break away like rising sparks. Below, the precise
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Collectible Jewelry

Materials

Tourmaline, Pyrite, Silver

Micro Mosaic Gold Brooch with Filigrain by Castellani
By Castellani
Located in Antwerp, BE
inspiration: Pompeii excavation - ancient city in southwestern Italy (destroyed in 79 A.D. by the eruption of
Category

Antique 1880s Italian High Victorian Brooches

Materials

Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Neapolitan School, 19th Century View of Vesuvius
Located in London, GB
mountain side. In 1631, Vesuvius burst violently back to life with a tremendous eruption that could be
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Paintings

Materials

Paper

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