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The Shipwreck is a 1772 maritime painting by the French artist Claude-Joseph Vernet. Amidst a storm a ship is being wrecked on a rocky coastline. Crew members and passengers attempt to save themselves by climbing down a rope from the Mast to the shore. [ 1 ]
Shipwreck on the Coast is an 1862 maritime painting by the French artist Eugène Delacroix. [1] [2] It drew inspiration from the works of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. [3] Viewed from a rocky coastline it shows a completely dismasted vessel. [4] It was part of a thriving tradition in nineteenth century art depicting shipwrecks. [5]
Today the painting is in the possession of the National Gallery in London, one of give paintings by Vernet in the collection including its companion piece A Landscape at Sunset and A Sporting Contest on the Tiber. It was acquired in 2004. [2] An engraving of the painting was produced by Daniel Lerpinière and published by John Boydell in 1782. [3]
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The Shipwreck of Don Juan is an 1840 oil painting by the French artist Eugène Delacroix. [1] It depicts a scene from Lord Byron epic poem Don Juan. [2] Don Juan and others are adrift in the Mediterranean in a ship's boat following a shipwreck. It was exhibited at the Salon of 1841.
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— One of the world’s most famous paintings is now on display at the Nelson-Atkins Museum. Called “Under the Wave off Kanagawa,” this painting has inspired countless artists over the past ...