Painting, Museo Ulpiano Checa, Colmenar de Oreja, Madrid
The last days of Pompeii, detail, oil painting on canvas, 1900, by Ulpiano Checa, 1860-1916, in the Museo Ulpiano Checa, Colmenar de Oreja, Madrid, Spain. The painting was inspired by the novel by Bulwer-Lytton, depicting the people of Pompeii fleeing from an erupting Mt Vesuvius. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14114937
Media ID
45693713
Size
8268px x 6201px
(22.5MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
