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The Pompeii Exhibit Gallery

From the Pompeii Exhibit Gallery
at the National Gallery of Art

harbor town image

Stabie. A harbor town, probably 1st century AD. Fresco, 24 x 26 cm.
Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli. Photograpy © Luciano Pedicini


From the Pompeii Exhibit Gallery
at the National Gallery of Art

fresco of peacok on a fence

Pompeii, peacock on a garden fence, 1st century AD. Fresco, 115 x 107 cm.
Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli. Photograpy © Luciano Pedicini


 

From the Pompeii Exhibit Gallery
at the National Gallery of Art

Volaire painting of Vesuvius erupting

Pierre-Jacques Volaire, The Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, 1777, oil on canvas, 134.6 x 226.1 cm.
North Carolina Museum of Art, from the Alcy C. Kendrick Bequest and the State of North Carolina.