# The Eruption of Vesuvius at Night [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VOLAIRE, Pierre-Jacques]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 149 x 74 cm ## Commentary During the twenty years he called Naples home, the splendid views of the erupting Vesuvius provided inspiration for Volaire, and the artist in turn inspired landscape painters from across Europe. The French painter Charles LaCroix de Marseille, the English artist Joseph Wright of Derby, the Austrian Michael Wutky, and the German Philipp Hackert, all looked to Volaire as a source. The present view of the eruption of Vesuvius at night is taken from below the Ponte Della Maddalena. It is a broad panorama, which encompasses a coastal view of the mountain. ## Related artworks - [Eruption of Vesuvius by Moonlight]() - [Mediterranean Coastal Scene]() - [Moonlit River Landscape]() - [Seascape with Fisherman on a Rocky Shore]() - [Ship-Wreck]() - [The Eruption of the Vesuvius]() - [View of the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()