The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum
Painting by John Martin
The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum
The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum is a large 1822 painting of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD by English artist John Martin. 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.
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