Ignace VERNET (Avignon 1726 - Naples after 1770 )The Eruption of VesuviusWatercolour , pen and brown ink. Inscriptions on the drawing with indications of place and dates of the lava flows. Bears a signature at the bottom left: "Volaire" Old inscription on the reverse: "The chevalier Volaire was a pupil of Vernet / he lived for a long time in Naples. see the dictionary . " 19 x 30 cmA study of this work by Mrs. Emilie Beck Saiello will be given to the purchaser .