The works of the painter Clause Joseph Vernet, born in Avignon in 1714, mostly show harbour and seafaring motives. These motifs were in great demand in the 18th century. But the peculiarity of the style of the artist is the panorama-like representation in which the horizon is low and the sky is very wide. This gives the pictures a very realistic effect, which is further enhanced by the intensity of the colours and the great appreciation of light and shadow.
The career of Claude Joseph Vernet was promoted at a very early age by his father, who was himself known as a decorating painter. He sent his son to experienced painters and enabled him to travel to the capitals of artistic creation at the time. After he had studied in Rome, among other places, he was called to the court of the French king to work for the state. Vernet was given the task of depicting the maritime power of France in his works. The artist had the claim to produce his works particularly truthful. Thus, scenes of everyday life and the work of the workers are often found in his paintings. It is even said that Claude Joseph Vernet once had himself tied to the mast of a ship in a terrible storm in order to feel better about the adventurous and dangerous life at sea.
The most famous paintings are "Landscape with Castle Ruins" and "The Ports of France".
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.jpg "Night: A Port in the Moonlight, 1748 by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Sunset, Fishermen Pulling in Their Nets, 1760 by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Coastal landscape on the Mediterranean. Dutch merchant ship in a bay. by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "View of the harbour of Toulon, detail: the old port, view taken from the coast of the shops. Painting by Joseph Vernet (1714-1789), 1756. Paris, Musée de la Marine - View of the sea-port of Toulon. Detail. Painting by Joseph Vernet (1714-1789) by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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 and Jacques Philippe Le Bas (1707-83) 1767 (etching burin) - (MeisterDrucke-85137).jpg "Port of La Rochelle, seen from the small shore, series “The Ports of France”, engraved by Charles Nicolas Cochin the Younger (1715-90) and Jacques Philippe Le Bas (1707-83), 1767 by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "A Calm at a Mediterranean Port by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-93876).jpg "The Construction of a Road, 1774 by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "The Gardens of the Villa Ludovisi, Rome, 1749 by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Morning, The Bathers by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-987989).jpg "The Bay of Naples with the Vesuve by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Glacier at Grindelwald (series: Remarkable Views of the Mountains of Switzerland) by Jean-Francois Janinet")
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.jpg "Landscape by the Light of the Moon by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "The port of Marseille in the 18th century. Detail representing the unloading of goods. Painting by Joseph Vernet (1714-1789), 18th century, Paris, Marine Museum by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Seaport at Sunset, 1751 by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Shipwreck by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "The Port of Marseille by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Seascape, Moonlight, 1772 by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "View of the Port of Rochefort and the Royal Corderie. Painting by Joseph Vernet (1714-1789), 1762. Paris, Musée de la Marine. by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "A Storm with Shipwreck by a Fortress, a Castaway in the Foreground, 1769 by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "A Mediterranean Harbour Scene: Morning, 1745 by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "The Entrance to the Port of Marseille by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Landscape with Waterfall and Figures, 1768 by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Nymphs bathing in the morning by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Morning View of the Inner Port of Marseille and the Pavilion of the Horloge du Parc, 1754 by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Sea Port, Sunrise, 1757 by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Evening seascape by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Morning scene in a bay, 1752 by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "The Entrance to the Port of Marseilles, 1754 by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Waterfall in Tivoli by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "The Storm, 1777 by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Coastal Scene in a Storm, 1782 by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "A Seastorm, 1752 by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Shipwreck with Castaways by Jean Jacques Flipart")
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.jpg "The Four Times of Day: Morning by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-951765).jpg "View of the Harbour and the City of Toulon by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "The Shepherdess of the Alps by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "La Bergere des Alpes by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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 and Jacques Philippe Le Bas (1707-83) 1767 (etching burin) - (MeisterDrucke-112462).jpg "Port of Rochefort, seen from the colonies")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-961167).jpg "The Entry of the Port of Marseille in 1754 (detail) by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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 1754 - (MeisterDrucke-146662).jpg "The Tempest (Storm off the Coast) (1754) by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Morning View of the Inner Port of Marseille and the Pavilion of the Horloge du Parc (detail) by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "A Storm on a Mediterranean Coast by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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 1774 (see also 13025) - (MeisterDrucke-50170).jpg "The Edge of a Fair (Les abords d")
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_18th_century_-_(MeisterDrucke-1022482).jpg "View of the Harbour of Toulon by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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 and Jacques Philippe Le Bas (1707-83) - (MeisterDrucke-50495).jpg "View of the Town and Port of Bayonne Seen from Halfway Down the Citadel, Series of")
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.jpg "Seaport, Sunset by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "A Landscape at Sunset with Fishermen returning with their Catch. Painting by Claude Joseph Vernet, 1773 by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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 and Jacques Philippe Le Bas (1707-83) - (MeisterDrucke-111140).jpg "Inner Port of Marseille, seen from the Pavilion of the Horloge du Parc, series of")
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.jpg "Shipwreck by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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 and Jacques Philippe Le Bas (1707-83) 1760 (etc - (MeisterDrucke-116462).jpg "New Port and Arsenal of Toulon, seen from the artillery depot, series of")
 and Jacques Philippe Le Bas (1707-83) 1760 (etc - (MeisterDrucke-116462).jpg)
 and Jacques Philippe Le Bas (1707-83) 1762 (et - (MeisterDrucke-80670).jpg "View of the Town and Port of Bordeaux seen from the Salinieres, series of")
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.jpg "A Harbor in Moonlight by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "View in the Park of Villa Pamphili, 1749 by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Third view of Toulon, view of old port from the side of the food stores (detail) by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "The Port of Genoa by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "The Four Times of Day: Evening by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Summer Evening, Landscape in Italy by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Noon, 1760 by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "View of Italy by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "The Launch of the Warship at the Mouth of a Port by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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 and Jacques Philippe Le Bas (1707-83) 1762 (see also - (MeisterDrucke-56914).jpg "Old Port of Toulon, seen from the quartermaster")
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 and Jacques Philippe Le Bas (1707-83) 1762 (etching burin) - (MeisterDrucke-105823).jpg "Port of Antibes in Provence, series of")
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 and Jacques Philippe Le Bas (1707-83) 1762 (etching burin) - (MeisterDrucke-76428).jpg "View of the Port of Dieppe, Series of")
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.jpg "The Entrance of the Port of Marseilles by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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_18th_century_Paris_Musee_de_l_-_(MeisterDrucke-1002175).jpg "Tuna Fishing by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "The Four Times of Day: Night by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1369819).jpg "Figures by the Sea (series title: Landscapes with Fishermen) by Francesco del Pedro")
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.jpg "The Port of Marseille in the 18th Century. Detail depicting the unloading of goods. Painting by Joseph Vernet (1714-1789), 18th century. Paris, Marine Museum by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "View of the Bay of Naples by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Seaport at Sunrise by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Ruins Near the Mouth of a River, 1748 by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Seascape by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Port of La Rochelle, Seen from the Small Shore by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Moonlight by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "The Waterfall, 1773 by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Moonlight Fishing (detail) by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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_detail_-_(MeisterDrucke-1534862).jpg "View of the Port of La Rochelle, Detail by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "The Night, a Seaport in Moonlight by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Morning, 1760 by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-79680).jpg "Temple of the Sibyl, Tivoli by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "The Falls of Terni by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1023617).jpg "View of the Gulf of Naples by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Charles III of Bourbon, King of Spain and of the Kingdom of Two-Sicilies Duck Hunting at the Patria Lake in 1746 by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "A Seaport at Sunset by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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 and Jacques Philippe Le Bas (1707-83) 176 - (MeisterDrucke-42946).jpg "Town and Port of Toulon, from")
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.jpg "The Waterfalls at Tivoli, with the Villa of Maecenas by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "A Harbor in Moonlight by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1583769).jpg "Bathing Girls at the Seashore by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "The Bridge and Castle Sant")
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 and Jacques Philippe Le Bas (17 - (MeisterDrucke-73022).jpg "Entrance to the Port of Marseille, seen from the mountain called Tete de More, series of")
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.jpg "A Storm on a Mediterranean Coast by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "View of the Port of Caudebec at the Mouth of the Seine by Jean François Daumont")
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.jpg "Coastal Scene La Nuit by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "The Ponte Rotto, Rome by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Sunrise, A Coastal Scene with Figures around a Fire by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "A Shipwreck by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Coastal Scene in Moonlight. 1769 by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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_Peinture_de_Claude_Joseph_Vernet_(1714-1789)_Hui_-_(MeisterDrucke-1318778).jpg "Storm at the Sea by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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.jpg "Unknown Image by Claude Joseph Vernet")
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