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The Bay of Naples

The Bay of Naples · AD 79

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Framed print

  • 12-color fine art printing with fade-resistant pigment inks
  • Smooth matte fine art paper, 200 gsm
  • Pine wood frame, FSC-certified paper and wood
  • Shatterproof plexiglass
  • Arrives framed and ready to hang, hanging kit included

Hanging print

  • 12-color fine art printing with fade-resistant pigment inks
  • Smooth matte fine art paper, 200 gsm
  • Pine wood frame, FSC-certified paper and wood
  • Shatterproof plexiglass
  • Arrives framed and ready to hang, hanging kit included
  • Sizes: 12x16″ · 18x24″ · 24x32″ · 30x40″
  • Orientation: Vertical
  • Medium: Fine art paper
  • Style: Map
  • Era: Principate
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The Bay of Naples: an illustration of the Bay of Naples in AD 79 in white on deep blue, with Vesuvius erupting above Pompeii, Herculaneum and Naples
The Bay of NaplesAD 79
The Bay of Naples · AD 79

The Bay Beneath the Cloud

Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, in the reign of the emperor Titus. The date is traditionally given as 24 August, from the manuscripts of Pliny the Younger's letters, though finds at Pompeii point to an autumn date. Pliny, then seventeen, was staying at Misenum with his uncle, Pliny the Elder, the admiral of the fleet there. Writing to the historian Tacitus years later, he described the cloud as shaped like an umbrella pine, rising on a tall trunk and spreading out at the top.

Pliny the Elder launched warships to rescue people along the coast. He landed at Stabiae, on the south side of the bay, and died there on the shore the next day, overcome as ash and fumes swept the area. Pompeii was buried under meters of ash and pumice; Herculaneum, closer to the volcano, was overwhelmed by searing pyroclastic surges that preserved even wood and food. Both towns lay largely forgotten until excavations began in the 1700s.

The piece

The map is a portrait of the whole bay at that moment. The coast is drawn in fine white relief, from the headland of Misenum and the curve of Neapolis to the long ridge of the Sorrento peninsula and Capri beyond. Everything leads the eye up the shore to the volcano, and from its summit the white column rises into the blue.

Materia · The materials

Fine art paper, framed or hung.

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Pine frame

Black, dark wood or natural wood, FSC-certified. Framed prints arrive framed and ready to hang, hanging kit included.

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Fine art paper

Framed prints: 200 gsm smooth matte paper, printed in 12 colors with fade-resistant pigment inks.

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Shatterproof plexiglass

Protects the print in transit and on the wall.

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Magnetic wooden hanger

Posters: 250 gsm museum-quality matte paper between pine hangers in black or dark wood. The magnets hold the print, so you can swap it any time.

Size guide

Find the right size

This piece, to scale, above an 84-inch sofa. Pick a size, or a format and frame above, and the wall follows.

The Bay of Naples: an illustration of the Bay of Naples in AD 79 in white on deep blue, with Vesuvius erupting above Pompeii, Herculaneum and Naples
Sofa · 84″ / 213 cm

Which size?

Sizes are the artwork's. Frames and hangers add a little around the edge.

Above a sofa or bed, art looks best at about two-thirds of the furniture's width, hung 8 to 10 inches above it.