A Seaport at Sunset

A Seaport at Sunset
ArtistClaude-Joseph Vernet
Year1749 (1749)
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions114 cm × 164.1 cm (45 in × 64.6 in)
LocationTimken Museum of Art, San Diego

A Seaport at Sunset is a 1749 oil painting on canvas by the French artist Claude-Joseph Vernet. It depicts a sea port, and presumably a war scene. A lightouse is visible, at the center right, while several people are on land, and a number of ships on sea, engaged on combat, with cannons smoke visible, are at the left. It is held at the Timken Museum of Art, in San Diego.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Collection: A Seaport at Sunset". Timken Museum of Art. Archived from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
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