A Calm at a Mediterranean Port
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Title
A Calm at a Mediterranean Port
Subject
art, Romanticism, marine painting, landscape art
Description
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 setting sea while normal life visibly continues unaffected along the coast.
Creator
Claude-Joseph Vernet (French, 1714 - 1789)
Source
Publisher
The J. Paul Getty Musuem
Date
1770
Contributor
Ben Richardson
Rights
Available for download, without charge, under the Getty's Open Content Program
Relation
Companion Piece, A Storm on the Mediterranean Coast:
https://enlightenmens.lmc.gatech.edu/items/show/850 [opens to new window]
https://enlightenmens.lmc.gatech.edu/items/show/850 [opens to new window]
Format
Oil on canvas
113 × 145.7 cm (44 1/2 × 57 3/8 in.)
113 × 145.7 cm (44 1/2 × 57 3/8 in.)
Type
painting
Identifier
2002.9.2
Citation
Claude-Joseph Vernet (French, 1714 - 1789), “A Calm at a Mediterranean Port,” Enlightenmens, accessed January 27, 2023, http://enlightenmens.lmc.gatech.edu/items/show/849.