Vacationing abroad to Italy led this man to paint landscapes of Lake Nemi and a firework display at Castel Sant' Angelo, and his witnessing of an eruption inspired his over thirty views of Mount Vesuvius.
Vacationing abroad to Italy led this man to paint landscapes of Lake Nemi and a firework display at Castel Sant' Angelo, and his witnessing of an eruption inspired his over thirty views of Mount Vesuvius. A tale of uncertain or possibly self-created origin inspired his scene from antiquity of a young man glancing in horror at the skeletal remains of an ancestor: Miravan Opening the Grave of his Forefathers. Though he never crossed the Atlantic, he took enough interest in New World travelogues to paint the image of a native woman sitting in mourning, The Indian Widow. But the arrival of the Enlightenment was his greatest influence, resulting in such dramatic portrayals of scientific experiments as Experiment on a Bird in an Air Pump and The Alchemist in Search of the Philosopher's Stone. FTP, identify this 18th Century British painter remembered for his lamp-lit scenes and for being from Derby.
Vacationing abroad to Italy led this man to paint landscapes of Lake Nemi and a firework display at Castel Sant' Angelo, and his witnessing of an eruption inspired his over thirty views of Mount Vesuvius.
Joseph {Wright} of Derby