Study of a Warship's Prow with British Warships and Naples Harbor Beyond
Claude-Joseph Vernet French, 1717-1789
c. 1748
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About this work
Like many French artists, Claude Vernet made a pilgrimage to Rome, remaining for almost 30 years (1734–63). While there he made excursions across Italy, executing drawings “on the spot.” In the late 1740s, he spent some time in Naples, near the classical sites rediscovered at Herculaneum in 1738 and at Pompeii in 1748. He became famous for his series of views of the ports of France, commissioned in 1753.
- Artist
- Claude-Joseph Vernet French, 1717-1789
- Date
- c. 1748
- Medium
- Pen and iron gall ink, with brush and dark gray, light gray and brownish gray wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
- Origin
- France
- Collection
- Prints and Drawings
- Reference
- 2011.80 · Art Institute of Chicago