LOUTHERBOURG, Philip Jacques de
(b. 1740, Strasbourg, d. 1812, London)

Rocky Coastal Landscape in a Storm

1771
Oil on canvas, 38 x 48 cm
Private collection

The painting depicts a rocky coastal landscape in a storm with a shipwrecked sailing boat and people in distress clinging onto a rock. It signed and dated lower right: P.J. de Loutherbourg 1771.

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