A companion piece to A Storm on a Mediterranean Coast, this painting depicts the literal calm after the storm. In the distance, a large cumulus cloud, a possible stormy reminder of what has passed, loafs blissfully in the warm reds and yellows of the…
Joseph Vernet's harbor view presents four distinct types of light-campfire, moonglow, lighthouse beam, and the reflection of light on the water's surface. Connoisseurs during the Enlightenment loved a mixture of the scientific with the poetic, and…