The J. Paul Getty TrustCommunications Department

1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 403Los Angeles, CA 90049-1681

Tel 310 440 7360Fax 310 440 7722

www.getty.edu

T H E L A S T D AY S OF

  D E C A D E N C E • A P O C A L Y P S E • R E S U R R E C T I O N

1.

3.

2.

4.

Johann Heinrich Fuseli Swiss, 1741–1825Cupid Seller, 1775–1776Black chalk, red chalk and graphite on paperUnframed: 31.1 x 48.3 cm (12 1/4 x 19 in.)Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon FundCourtesy Yale Center for British ArtVEX.2012.2.41

5. 6.

7.

9. 10.

8.

UnknownAmerican B-25 Mitchell Bombers Flying Past Vesuvius, 1944Gelatin silver printImage: 11.3 x 14.7 cm (4 7/16 x 5 13/16 in.)Archive of Raymond D. Yusi, Army Corps of EngineersVEX.2012.2.47

Andy Warhol American, 1928–1987Mount Vesuvius, 1985Acrylic and silkscreen ink on linenUnframed: 72.4 x 81.3 cm (28 1/2 x 32 in.)The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Founding Collection Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.© 2012 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New YorkVEX.2012.2.59

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes French, 1750–1819The Eruption of Vesuvius August 24, 79 A.D., 1813Oil on canvasUnframed: 147.5 x 195.5 cm (58 1/16 x 76 15/16 in.)Toulouse, Musée des AugustinsPhoto: Daniel MartinVEX.2012.2.67

Sebastian Pether English, 1790–1844Eruption of Vesuvius with Destruction of a Roman City, 1824Oil on canvas; frame with wood; attachments imitating lavaUnframed: 71.4 x 92 cm (28 1/8 x 36 1/4 in.)Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Grant Walker FundPhotograph © 2012 Museum of Fine Arts, BostonVEX.2012.2.13

Héctor Leroux French, 1829–1900Herculaneum, 23 August AD 79, 1881Oil on canvasUnframed: 188 x 302.3 cm (74 x 119 in.)Muse’e d’Orsay, ParisPhoto credit: Scala / White Images / Art Resource, NYVEX.2012.2.50

Unknown makerFresco with a Cupid Seller, 1st centuryPigment on plasterUnframed: 22.6 x 18.5 cm (8 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.)Soprintendenza speciale ai beni archeologici di Napoli e PompeiArchivio fotografico Soprintendenza Speciale per i beni archeologici di Napoli e PompeiVEX.2012.2.35

Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet French, 1731–1797After Joseph-Marie Vien French, 1716–1809Cupid Seller, 1778Etching and engravingUnframed: 41.5 x 58 cm (16 5/16 x 22 13/16 in.)The Philadelphia Museum of Art: The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contrib-uted by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985VEX.2012.2.56

Lawrence Alma-Tadema Dutch, 1836–1912Glaucus and Nydia, 1867Oil on wood panelUnframed: 39 x 64.3 cm (15 3/8 x 25 5/16 in.)The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, 1977.128The Cleveland Museum of ArtVEX.2012.2.23

Francesco Netti Italian, 1832–1894Gladiator Fight during a Meal at Pompeii, 1880Oil on canvasUnframed: 115 x 208 cm (45 1/4 x 81 7/8 in.)Museo di Capodimonte, NaplesFototeca della Soprintendenza Speciale per il PSAE e per il Polo Museale della città di NapoliVEX.2012.2.40

11. 12.

13.

15. 16.

14.

Salvador Dali Spanish, 1904–1989Gradiva Rediscovers the Anthropomorphic Ruins, 1931–1932Oil on canvasUnframed: 65 x 54 cm (25 9/16 x 21 1/4 in.)© Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí / Artists Rights Society(ARS), New York, 2012VEX.2012.2.34

Unknown makerCast of Gradiva, early 1900sPlasterObject: 77 x 42 cm (30 5/16 x 16 9/16 in.)The Freud Museum LondonVEX.2012.2.30

17. 18.

19.

21. 22.

20.

Hippolyte Alexandre Julien Moulin French, 1832–1884Lucky Find at Pompeii, 1863BronzeObject: H: 187 x W: 64 x D: 103.5 cm (73 5/8 x 25 3/16 x 40 3/4 in.)Muse’e d’Orsay, ParisHervé Lewandowski / Stéphane Maréchalle.Photo credit: Réunion des Musées Nationaux / Art Resource, NY.VEX.2012.2.49

André Masson French, 1896–1987Gradiva, 1939Oil on canvasUnframed: 97 x 130 cm (38 3/16 x 51 3/16 in.)Centre Pompidou, ParisPhoto credit: CNAC / MNAM / Dist. Réunion des Musées Nationaux / Art Resource, NY© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, ParisVEX.2012.2.54

Allan McCollum American, born 1944The Dog from Pompei, 1991Polymer-modified HydrocalObject (each): 53 x 53 x 53 cm (20 7/8 x 20 7/8 x 20 7/8 in.)Courtesy of the Artist and Friedrich Petzel Gallery, NYCourtesy of Fredrich Petzel Gallery, New YorkPhoto: Lamay PhotoVEX.2012.2.43

Mark Rothko American, born Russia, 1903–1970Untitled (Seagram Mural sketch), 1959Oil and acrylic on canvasUnframed: 183.5 x 152.7 cm (72 1/4 x 60 1/8 in.)National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., 1985.38.2Image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New YorkVEX.2012.2.81

Giovanni Maria BenzoniItalian, 1809–1873Flight from Pompeii, 1873MarbleObject: H: 108.5 x W: 68.6 cm (42 11/16 x 27 in.)The Art Institute of ChicagoPhotography © The Art Institute of ChicagoVEX.2012.2.16

Benjamin J. Falk American, 1853–1925Pain’s Last Days of Pompeii, Coney Island, about 1903Silver printing-out paper printImage: 24.1 x 71.1 cm (9 1/2 x 28 in.)Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.VEX.2012.2.79

Robert Rauschenberg American, 1925–2008Small Rebus, 1956Oil, graphite, paint swatches, paper, newspaper, magazine clippings, black-white photographs, United States map fragment, fabric, and three-cent stamps on canvasObject: 88.9 x 116.8 x 4.4 cm (35 x 46 x 1 3/4 in.)The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los AngelesThe Panza CollectionArt © Estate of Robert Rauschenberg/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NYVEX.2012.2.33

Giorgio Sommer Italian, born Germany, 1834–1914Cast of a Dog Killed by the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii, about 1874Albumen silver printImage: 19.5 x 25.2 cm (7 11/16 x 9 15/16 in.)The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles84.XP.677.31

Antony Gormley English, born 1950Untitled, 2002Mild steel blocksObject: H: 45 x W: 189 x D: 53 cm, Weight: 223 kg (17 11/16 x 74 7/16 x 20 7/8 in., 491.6258 lb.)Collection of Asher Waldfogel and Helyn MacLeanPhotograph by Stephen White, London© Antony GormleyVEX.2012.2.95

UnknownCabinet with Objects Excavated at Pompeii and Presented to Pope Pius IX in 1849Walnut and glass with gilt brass lettersObject: H: 55.5 x W: 62.3 x D: 3 cm (21 7/8 x 24 1/2 x 1 3/16 in.)Vatican Museums, Vatican CityPhoto © Vatican MuseumsVEX.2012.2.69