title: Pierre-Jacques Volaire
text: # Pierre-Jacques Volaire
  
  Pierre-Jacques Volaire (1729 – 1790s), was a French painter.
  
  He was born in Toulon as the son of the official city painter and writer., and became the pupil of Claude Joseph Vernet. He was his assistant for eight years and known for landscapes and marines. He died in Naples.
  
  * Eruption of Mount Vesuvius
  * View of the shores of the Mediterranean Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Agen
  