PUGET, Pierre
(b. 1620, Marseille, d. 1694, Marseille)

Navigation before a Promontory

1680s
Brush, pen, India ink on parchment, 20 x 23,4 cm
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen

The artist achieves great effects by the contrast between the different planes of the compositionÉ the rock in the foregroung, the ship and the promontory in the background.