"Marine School Claude Joseph Vernet H/t 18th Century Period"
Claude Joseph Vernet follower,, French school of the 18th century oil on canvas representing the view of a busy port at dusk, many characters and buildings, the background on both sides, a town and its lighthouse and castle ruins in the foreground sailors are busy near a group of characters from the east this oil is in good general condition, relined in the 19th century presented in its carved and gilded wooden baguette frame of the time (Louis XV) beautiful well-balanced painting Total dimensions 81.5 X57cm Dimensions of the frame 79 X53cm Claude Joseph Vernet Avignon 1714- Paris 1789, painter of the worst of France commissioned by Louis XV in 1753 he sold his seascapes "at a gold price" they said at the time 
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