Clair de lune - Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714 - 1789)

Print - copyright - Galerie Braun S.A. - Mulhouse. Printed in France - huile sur toile, format original: 98 x 164 cm. - Musée du Louvre - Paris. Listed as "La Nuit, au Port au Clair de lune.".

Painted by Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714 - 1789), measuring 0.99 meters by 1.65 meters, completed in 1771, pictured here courtesy of the Musée du Louvre. - All Rights Reserved.
Description in french, from "Joseph Vernet - Peintre de Marine" by Florence Ingersoll-Smouse, Paris 1926. All Rights Reserved.
The "moonlight effect" which Théodore Gégoux recreated in such paintings as "The Salute" and "Mansion on the River" is clearly seen in the detail of this panting. Also seen is Vernet's classic treatment of flame in the night. Gégoux is also reported to have painted nocturnal images of fire scenes, none have been located as of yet for viewing here.
Other works by Joseph Vernet (1714-1789).

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