PICOT, François-Edouard
(b. 1786, Paris, d. 1868, Paris)

Cybele Opposing Vesuvius

c. 1828
Oil on canvas, 46 x 54 cm
Private collection

The present painting, Cybele opposing Vesuvius to protect the cities of Stabia, Herculaneum, Pompeii and Resina, is a preparatory sketch for the ceiling painting of the same subject in the Egyptian galleries of the Louvre.