The Return from Fishing
Medium
Etching on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 30.3 × 22 cm (11 15/16 × 8 11/16 in.); Sheet: 33.4 × 24.8 cm (13 3/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
129628
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...