A Storm on a Mediterranean Coast
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Title
A Storm on a Mediterranean Coast
Subject
art, Romanticism, marine painting, storms
Description
A companion piece to A Calm at a Mediterranean Port, A Storm on a Mediterranean Coast shows a dark storm that has just ravaged a large ship drifting further inland as anxious survivors begin to reach the shore.
Those familiar with Joseph Vernet will also notice this painting's similarities with another one of his paintings The Shipwreck.
Those familiar with Joseph Vernet will also notice this painting's similarities with another one of his paintings The Shipwreck.
Creator
Claude-Joseph Vernet (French, 1714 - 1789)
Source
Publisher
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Date
1767
Contributor
Ben Richardson
Rights
Available for download, without charge, under the Getty's Open Content Program
Relation
Companion Piece, A Calm at a Mediterranean Port:
https://enlightenmens.lmc.gatech.edu/items/show/id/849 [opens to new window]
The Shipwreck by Joseph Vernet:
https://enlightenmens.lmc.gatech.edu/items/show/848 [opens to new window]
https://enlightenmens.lmc.gatech.edu/items/show/id/849 [opens to new window]
The Shipwreck by Joseph Vernet:
https://enlightenmens.lmc.gatech.edu/items/show/848 [opens to new window]
Format
Oli 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
2002.9.1
Files
Citation
Claude-Joseph Vernet (French, 1714 - 1789), “A Storm on a Mediterranean Coast,” Enlightenmens, accessed January 27, 2023, http://enlightenmens.lmc.gatech.edu/items/show/850.