View of Vesuvius: Effect 11:25 A.M.
- Artist: Charles Caryl Coleman, American, 1840-1928
- Medium: Pastel on grey-blue wove paper mounted overall to a 1/8" acidic board
- Dates: December 21, 1913
- Dimensions: 24 3/16 x 17 15/16 in. (61.4 x 45.6 cm)
- Markings: Vertical watermark across left edge: "GANSON & MONTGOLFIER MIDALON-LES-ANNONAX ANGne MANUFre GANSON & MONTGOLFIER"
- Signature: Signed lower left in blue pencil: "CCC [monogram] -- CAPRI -- / 11- 25 AM / Dec. 21. 1913."
- Collections: American Art
- Museum Location:
This item is not on view - Accession Number: 20.657
- Credit Line: John B. Woodward Memorial Fund
- Image: Overall, 20.657_PS1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Charles Coleman regularly depicted Mount Vesuvius from the window of his villa on Capri, Italy, where he settled in 1885. His pictures of the dramatic profile of, and variable atmospheric effects around, this landmark evoke images of Mount Fuji that proliferate in Japanese art.
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