VERNET, Claude-Joseph
(b. 1714, Avignon, d. 1789, Paris)

Storm with a Shipwreck

1754
Oil on canvas, 87 x 137 cm
Wallace Collection, London

Vernet's considerable contemporary reputation was largely founded on such agreeably terrifying images as this, which were also particularly prized by English collectors.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 10 minutes):
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in E flat major RV 253 op. 8 No. 5 (Storm at sea)