Midday: Storm and Shipwreck
studio of Claude-Joseph Vernet (Avignon 1714 – Paris 1789)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1760
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
648 x 972 mm (25 1/2 x 38 1/4 in)
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732117
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Midday: Storm and Shipwreck, studio of Claude-Joseph Vernet (Avignon 1714 -Paris 1789), circa 1760. The scene is very dark with black clouds. Only in the distant background the sun shines on cliffs as a contrast. On the left a three masted ship heels over dangerously to the right. In the foreground, on the right, waves lash against the rocks and a group of figures attempt to rescue survivors from a lifeboat. A couple pull a man up by a rope. A woman standing on the land has her arms outstretched almost in despair. In the middle ground behind them is a ruined turret on a prominent rock.
Provenance
Acquired by Richard Colt Hoare 2nd Bt (1758 – 1838); given to the National Trust along with the house, its grounds, and the rest of contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946
Credit line
Stourhead, The Hoare Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: No. 35 affixed to frame on bottom lower right corner
Makers and roles
studio of Claude-Joseph Vernet (Avignon 1714 – Paris 1789) , artist
Exhibition history
Whatever the Weather, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, 2015 - 2016