1737
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Waterfalls at Tivoli is a 1737 unspecified by Claude-Joseph Vernet, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a tall waterfall crashing into a river below. Trees frame the scene. A small group of people stands near the water, tiny against the huge rocks. Vernet painted this in Rome, early in his career. He often painted water and storms. This piece shows his love for dramatic light and nature’s power. Try looking up Dutch Golden Age landscapes next.
Likely Vernet's first major work during his study in Rome, this landscape demonstrates his signature style. Vernet preferred and is remembered for marine subjects and water is also a central theme in this painting. Vernet became the predominant French landscape painter of the 18th century, contributing to a long French tradition. While in Rome, he absorbed the Italian tradition of dramatic, rugged landscape paintings, established by Salvador Rosa in the 1600s. This influence is reflected in Vernet's presentation of the craggy rock formations and cascades that made Tivoli, a small town twenty…
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Claude-Joseph Vernet (French pronunciation: ; 14 August 1714 – 3 December 1789) was a French painter. His son Carle Vernet and daughter Marguerite Émilie Chalgrin were also painters.
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