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

Coastal View with a Rainbow

1749
Oil on canvas, 114 x 163 cm
Private collection

This painting and its pendant, Seaport at Sunset, were commissioned by Vernet's close friend and patron the Comte de Merles, Charles-Louis. It depicts an Italianate coastal view with a rainbow, fisherman, and peasants at an inlet in the foreground, a shipwright's yard beyond.