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Pietro FABRIS (1740 - 1804)
tecnica oil on canvas (Framed)
measures: cm. 66 x 87
VESUVIUS ERUPTING AT NIGHT
Provenance:
Anonymous sale [The Property of a Gentleman]; Christie's, London, 23 March 1990, lot 51, as 'Attributed to Pierre-Jacques Volaire'.
We are grateful to Ermanno Bellucci for proposing the attribution on the basis of a photograph. This view almost certainly shows Vesuvius and may show King Ferdinand of Naples in the foreground watching the spectacle as the volcano erupts.