艺术流派
Unknown Movement
创作媒介
Unknown Medium
作品信息
艺术家
John Martin
创作年代
1822
地点
London, United Kingdom
作品描述
The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum is a large 1822 painting by English artist John Martin depicting the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. It follows the pattern set by his previous successful painting, Belshazzar's Feast, which was another depiction of a dramatic scene from history delivered from an esoteric point of view. The work appeared to be lost from the Tate Gallery storerooms soon after it was damaged by the 1928 Thames flood. However, it was rediscovered in 1973 and subsequently restored in 2011.