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Mount Vesuvius at Midnight
Albert Bierstadt (American, born Prussia [now Germany], 1830–1902) · 1868 · oil on canvas
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Mount Vesuvius at Midnight is a CC0 painting by Albert Bierstadt (American, born Prussia [now Germany], 1830–1902), dated 1868. Oil on canvas. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
“Mount Vesuvius at Midnight” (1868) is a western landscape made large and theatrical after Bierstadt traveled with survey expeditions. The mountains are real. The light is often staged.
About the artist
Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902) painted large, theatrical views of the American West after traveling with survey expeditions. The light is often staged, even when the mountains are real.
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