Claude-Joseph Vernet
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
A MEDITERRANEAN HARBOR AT SUNSET WITH FISHERFOLK AT THE WATER'S EDGE, A LIGHTHOUSE AND A MAN OF WAR AT ANCHOR IN THE BAY, This work depicts several ships in a port at sunset., 1761
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0509; Public Notes: This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu.; According to the handwritten notes on this photograph, this work was sold at Sotheby's on 5-17-61.
Landscape with Riders, In this work, several horseback riders stand in a landscape. Mountains appear along the horizon in the background.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0508; Public Notes: This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu.
Moonlit Seascape, This work depicts several ships in a moonlit bay. Several figures stand in the foreground.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0507; Public Notes: This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu.
Seascape with Ships, This work depicts several ships in a bay. Several figures stand in the foreground.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0506; Public Notes: This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu.
Shipwreck (?), This work appears to depict a shipwreck. Several figures appear on shore.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0510; Public Notes: This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu.; Handwritten notes on catalog clipping read "Pano 1923."
Study of the Figures for "La Vue de l'Entree du Port de Marsailles", A study of figures for the painting "La Vue de l'Entree du Port de Marsailles" which was one of fifteen paintings commissioned by Abel-Francois Poisson Vandieres, Marquis de Marigny, to depict the ports of France. The painting, itself, is housed at the Musee de la Marine in Paris, France., c. 1754
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0099; Public Notes: While the painting has been confirmed as Vernet's, the drawing could not be located, hence the attribution.
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