Mediterranean Sea In The Morning. Claude Joseph Vernet (1714-1789) Workshop

Mediterranean seascape in the morning. Claude Joseph Vernet (1714-1789) Workshop Period end of the 18th century Presented in a wooden and gilded stucco frame, Louis XV style model Total dimensions with its frame: 75 x 110 cm. The canvas alone: 55 x 91 cm This superb seascape, painted with real talent, allows us to give it to the workshop of the master who had a certain number of students who later became collaborators. There are several versions of this painting, all executed after the "prototype" of Claude Joseph Vernet around 1773, it is a series on the four hours of the day intended to be set in woodwork (top of door) and commissioned by the Countess du Barry for the Louveciennes pavilion. Claude Joseph Vernet, landscaper and marine painter, was born on August 14, 1714 in Avignon. He is the son of the painter Antoine Vernet. He took his first lessons with his father, who then entrusted him to the painter Louis René de Vialy (1680–1770) in Aix-en-Provence. From 1731, Claude Joseph Vernet apprenticed with Philippe Sauvan (1698–1789) in Avignon. On the advice of the Marquis de Caumont, who noticed the artist, Vernet was able to undertake a trip to Rome in 1734 thanks to a scholarship. There he continued his apprenticeship with the marine painters Bernardino Fergioni (1675–1736) and Adrien Maglard (1695–1760). He was a member of the Accademia di San Luca from 1743. In 1745, Vernet married Virginia Parker, an English national and daughter of an officer in the papal navy, and became an accredited member of the Académie Royale de Paris. Recommended by Antoine Jacques de Marigny, he was called to the court of King Louis XV (1710–74) in Paris in 1753. On Louis XV's orders, he was to paint views of the 24 most important French ports. This journey, which lasted until 1762, took him to Marseille, Toulon, Antibes, Sète, Bordeaux, Bayonne, Rochefort and La Rochelle, among other places. Later, Claude Joseph Vernet also worked for other members of the French nobility and for English clients. However, he also received commissions in Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland. In addition, he worked regularly for the Parisian court banker, Jean Jos de Laborde (1724–94), who was beheaded in 1794. From 1769 to 1773, Claude Joseph Vernet produced a series of five monumental paintings for the Countess Du Barry. The works created from 1776 onwards are far behind his early paintings and those produced in his mature years. The artist took an apartment and a studio at the Louvre and became a member of the Academy of Fine Arts. Claude Joseph Vernet died on 3 December 1789 in Paris. Very well preserved. Sold with a certificate