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

"Le Soir"

1752
Oil on canvas, 72 x 99 cm
Private collection

The two Mediterranean views, "Le Soir: A Mediterranean Harbour at Sunset with Fisherfolk and Merchants on a Quay" and "Clair de Lune: A Mediterranean Harbour by Moonlight with Fisherfolk by a Fire on the Shore, a Natural Arch Beyond" were painted by Claude-Joseph Vernet in Rome in 1752, the period that is considered to be the pinnacle of the artist's long and successful career.




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