Plymouth Harbor
Medium
Pen and grayish-black ink, and brush and gray wash, on cream laid paper, laid down on buff board
Dimensions
20.7 × 47.2 cm (8 3/16 × 18 5/8 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
81339
About the Artist
Claude Joseph Vernet · 1714–1789
Claude-Joseph Vernet and his direct descendants are the last representatives of the Avignon School which had provided a continuous line of artists since the 14th century. It originated at the time when Bernard de Goth, Archbishop of Bordeaux, became pope in the name of Clement V and transferred the seat of the papacy to Avignon where he established an influential artistic community. Comment on wor...