Pierre Jacques Volaire
The Eruption of Vesuvius
1771116.8 x 242.9 cm
Oil on canvas
Inscribed bottom left: Vue de l'Eruption / du mont Vesuve du 14 / may 1771 peinte Sur le / lieu par le Che Volaire.
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Charles H. and Mary F.S. Worcester Collection
Provenance
London art market
Gunnar Trägårdh, Gothenburg, Sweden
sold by Trägårdh to Dr. Sven Langert, Gothenburg, Sweden, in the 1930s
sold by his wife, Majken Langert, Christie’s, London, 26 November 1971, nr. 85, to Ray Perman acting on behalf of Cyril Humphris and Herner Wengraf, London
sale Sotheby’s, London, 19 April 1978, nr. 156 (ill.), to P. and D. Colnaghi and Co., London
sold by Colnaghi to Richard L. Feigen and Co., New York, 1978
sold to the Art Institute, 1978
1