Print Description
The scene depicts an Italian coastal landscape with ships in the harbor, people on the shore, and architectural structures like towers.
Made by an anonymous engraver after Claude Joseph Vernet.
Medium: Etching/engraving on Hand-laid (verge) paper paper. Watermark: Visible on the sheet, details unspecified.
Sheet size: 45.7 x 36 cm (17.99 x 14.17 inch). Image size: 41.5 x 33 cm. (16.34 x 12.99 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light soiling. Stain at bottom right. 2 small worm holes at center. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
VERNET, ITALIAN COASTAL SCENE, ANTIQUE PRINT, ENGRAVING, MARITIME ART, 18TH CENTURY, FRANCE, JOSEPH VERNET. | PCOM-B1-02
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Source: unknown, to be determined.
Biography artist: Claude Joseph Vernet (1714-1789) was a renowned French painter known for his maritime scenes. He was a member of the Acad?mie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture and became the leading marine painter of his time.
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