1735
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
River scene with shipping is a 1735 watercolor by Claude-Joseph Vernet, a Baroque work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolor shows a riverbank with a few people near the water’s edge. A large sailing ship sits anchored close to shore, while smaller boats drift nearby. Trees line the left side, and a small town with buildings and a tower appears in the distance. The artist used soft washes of gray and white to create a quiet, misty feel—no bright colors. The ship’s sails and rigging are carefully detailed, but the rest stays loose and sketchy. Look up Baroque next to see how this style’s drama often hides in everyday scenes.
A river scene with shipping by Claude Vernet depicts a bay mouth of a river featuring a three-masted vessel and a small boat. At the water's edge in the center of the composition, two women and a man are positioned.
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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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