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An Eruption of Vesuvius by Johan Christian Dahl — VisualArtsDB

An Eruption of Vesuvius

An Eruption of Vesuvius

Johan Christian Dahl

1824

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 37 x 54 3/4 in. (94 x 139.1 cm)
Genre: Painting
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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