LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

39.69 in. (100.80 cm.) (height) by 54.33 in. (138.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, inscribed and dated 'Joseph·Vernet·f·Roma 1747' (lower left, on the boat)

Literature:

J. Vernet, Livre de Raison, Avignon, Médiathèque Ceccano, Ms. 2321, fol. 6r., ‘Pour Mr Draik Anglois, quatre tableaux toile d’empereur representant les quatre parties du jour deux en marines un broüillard et deux en paÿsages a 200 ecus les quatre ordonnez au mois de fevrier l’an 1745’. L. Lagrange, Joseph Vernet et la peinture au XVIIIe siècle. Avec le texte des Livres de raison, et un grand nombre de documents inédits, Paris, 1864, pp. 32 and 324. F. Ingersoll-Smouse, Joseph Vernet, peintre de marines 1714-1789, Paris, 1926, I, p. 46, nos. 123-126. J. Ingamells, A Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy 1701-1800, New Haven and London, 1997, p. 312.

Provenance:

Commissioned by William Drake (1723-1796), Shardeloes, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, in February 1745, and by descent. The Tyrwhitt-Drake Settlement; Christie’s, London, 25 July 1952, lot 157, as a pair with A Rocky River Scene (800 gns. to Agnews, with lot 158, a second pair of Vernets). with Thos. Agnew & Sons, London. with Sala Perés, Barcelona, from whom acquired by the present owner.