A beautifully executed painting reproducing one of the famous paintings executed in 1779 by the French painter Claude Joseph Vernet, known for his seascapes.
The painter represented nature in his paintings, leaving large spaces to the sky and paying particular attention to the scenes of daily life that animated the various places, placing people as fundamental elements of his paintings.
In 1734 he left for Rome, embarking in Marseille for Civitavecchia. The long sea voyage, observing the sea, the French and Italian coasts, marked his destiny as a painter, thus becoming the "painter of the sea". He stayed in Rome for about twenty years, spending his time painting ports, scenes of maritime life, sailing ships at sea, and storms. He maintained this style virtually unchanged throughout his life, a landscape painter always attentive to the phenomena of the air combined with those of the sea.
In 1753 he was recalled to his homeland by the director of real estate works of Louis XV, who commissioned him, on royal order, 24 paintings representing as many French ports, but only 15 of them were made. Over time, Vernet, nostalgically, resumed painting his most loved themes, the Italian coasts and the maritime environment. Like one of his last works "The Beach", now at the National Gallery.
Late nineteenth century
Oil on canvas
Measurements: Height 50 cm Width 60 cm
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