Via delle Tombe in Pompei, op de achtergond de Vesuvius
1870 - 1900
Medium
albumen print
Dimensions
198; 250
About this artwork
number: ‘94.’
Art Historical Context
This evocative albumen print, titledVia delle Tombe inpei, op de achterond de Vesuvius* (Street of the Tom in Pompeii, Vesus in the Background), a poignant moment in one of antiquity's most haunting archaeological sites. Created anonymously between 1870 and 1900, the 198 × 250 mm image frames the ancient Roman necropolis just outside Pompeii's gates. Lined with ornate tombs and mausoleums honoring the city's elite, the Via delle Tombe evokes the daily lives—and sudden end—of Pompeii's inhabitants, buried by Vesuvius's catastrophic eruption in 79 AD. Mount Vesuvius looms dramatically in the ba...
About the Artist
anonymous
In the vast tapestry of art history, "Anonymous" stands not as a singular individual but as a collective designation for countless unidentified creators whose works have endured across millennia. These artists, spanning prehistoric cave painters to medieval illuminators and folk craftsmen, produced the foundational layers of human visual culture. Prior to the Renaissance, when individual fame emer...