LOUTHERBOURG, Philip Jacques de (b. 1740, Strasbourg, d. 1812, London) |
Shipwreck1767Oil on canvas, 58 x 81 cm Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna | |
In this painting Loutherbourg combines the drama of a seastorm as seen through the eyes of the Dutch marine painters, particularly Ludolf Backhuysen, with decorative elements from French landscape painters, particularly Claude-Joseph Vernet. |