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Painting by Claude Joseph Vernet
A Seaport at Sunset
ArtistClaude-Joseph Vernet
Year1749 (1749)
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions114 cm × 164.1 cm (45 in × 64.6 in)
LocationTimken Museum of Art, San Diego

A Seaport at Sunset is a 1749 oil painting on canvas by the French artist Claude-Joseph Vernet. It depicts a sea port, and presumably a war scene. A lightouse is visible, at the center right, while several people are on land, and a number of ships on sea, engaged on combat, with cannons smoke visible, are at the left. It is held at the Timken Museum of Art, in San Diego.

References

  1. "Collection: A Seaport at Sunset". Timken Museum of Art. Archived from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
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