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

Capriccio view of Montferrat

1759
Oil on canvas, 66 x 99 cm
Private collection

The picture shows a capriccio view of Montferrat at dawn with the Gorges du Verdon and the River Nartuby, with fishermen unloading their catch in the foreground. The village of Montferrat in the Var in south-east France is a location that lends itself perfectly to Vernet's grand natural landscapes, the village itself perched precariously on a cliff edge in the dramatic Gorges du Verdon.




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