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A Sea-Shore

Image credit: The National Gallery, London

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This Italian coastal scene bathed in soft sunlight is influenced by the port scenes of Claude, though much of the effect in Vernet’s painting depends upon its picturesque human detail. Two fashionably dressed ladies have been brought down to the shore by a Hungarian hussar, who is drawing their attention either to the large ship about to enter the harbour or to the women gathering shrimps. The ladies are followed by two more modestly dressed women, one apparently comforting the other, and by a dark-skinned Moor wearing a turban. As in other paintings by Vernet, there are also many figures in the middle distance and background, and even on the three-masted ship near the horizon. Although the painting contains a variety of figures, its main subject is the atmospheric effects of light, air, cloud and water.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

A Sea-Shore

Date

1776

Medium

Oil on copper

Measurements

H 62.2 x W 85.1 cm

Accession number

NG201

Acquisition method

Bequeathed by Richard Simmons, 1846/7

Work type

Painting

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