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Mount Vesuvius at Midnight, 1868. oil on canvas.
oil on canvas · Framed: 62 x 77 x 9 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- Mount Vesuvius at Midnight
- Artist
- Albert Bierstadt (American, born Prussia [now Germany], 1830–1902)
- Date
- 1868
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Credit line
- Gift of S. Livingstone Mather, Philip Richard Mather, Katherine Hoyt (Mather) Cross, Katherine Mather McLean and Constance Mather Bishop
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Artist’s life 1830–1902
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.