Title: The Forum, Pompeii

Artist: Christen Schjellerup

Title: The Forum, Pompeii, with Vesuvius in the Distance Date: 1841 Artist: Christen Schjellerup Købke (Danish, Copenhagen 1810–Copenhagen 1848) Medium: Oil on canvas Description The ancient city of Pompeii, destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, was first excavated in 1748. Købke visited the site in 1838 and made detailed studies that he used the following year to create this view in his Copenhagen studio. Creeping wildflowers and grazing goats lend a pastoral atmosphere to the ruins.