Geraldine Collinge, the director of Compton Verney art gallery in Warwickshire, selects Pierre-Jacques Volaire's An Eruption of Vesuvius by Moonlight.

An Eruption of Vesuvius by Moonlight, 1774, oil on canvas, 51in by 102¼in (4ft 3in by 8ft by 6¼in), by Pierre-Jacques Volaire (1729–90s), Compton Verney, Warwickshire.
Geraldine Collinge, the director of Compton Verney art gallery in Warwickshire, selects Pierre-Jacques Volaire's An Eruption of Vesuvius by Moonlight.