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    • Eruption of Mount Vesuvius with the Ponte della Maddalena in the Distance

    ca. 1770
    Pierre-Jacques Volaire
    French, 1729–1799

    Oil on canvas, 48 x 67 ¾ in., Paul G. Allen Family Collection

    1. Vesuvius

    2. Fascination

    3. Religion