A Mediterranean Port by Claude Joseph Vernet (Avignon 1714 – 1789 Paris)

Price: $9,500

Designers: Claude Joseph Vernet

Era: 18th century / 1700's

Country of Origin: France

Materials: Paper

Condition: Excellent Condition

Style: Period Furniture > Louis XV (1715-1774)

Item description:
Vernet was so well regarded for his coastal scenes that Louis Xv commissioned him to paint a series of views of the ports of France. He traveled from 1753 until 1762 to accomplish this project. The picturesque port is a common theme in Vernet's work. inscribed “Vernet” on the reverse in pencil. Marked “Claude Joseph Vernet” on the original mount. provenance: From a New York estate