VERNET, Claude-Joseph (b. 1714, Avignon, d. 1789, Paris) |
Landscape with Bathers1783Oil on canvas, 41 x 56 cm Private collection | |
Bathers as a subject divorced from a mythological context were to be encountered above all in the work of Dutch Italianate painters, such as Johannes Lingelbach or Philips Wouwerman. In Vernet's painting the bathing scene is given an anecdotal touch by the inclusion of a man who has advanced to the edge of the rock to catch a glimpse of the naked women. |