Claude Joseph Vernet (1714 - 1789)

Like Claude Lorrain (1600–1682), the 18th century marine painters Claude-Joseph and Jean-Antoine Vernet, highly acclaimed by their contemporaries all over Europe, carried out earnest observations of the Mediterranean natural world. The brothers‘ landscapes are in the tradition of Gaspard Dughet (1615– 1675) and Salvator Rosa (1615–1673). They received their initial training from their father, a simple decorative artist, before Claude-Joseph entered the studio of Louis- René de Vialy in Aix-en-Provence. With the support of several patrons, he moved to Rome in 1734, where he became acquainted with the French marine painter Adrien Manglard (1695–1760). In 1743 he became a member of the Accademia di San Luca; in 1745 he married the daughter of a British army officer and returned to his native country, where he settled in Paris in 1762.

Author: Habersatter Thomas

Literature: DUCKE Astrid, HABERSATTER Thomas, OEHRING Erika: Masterworks. Residenzgalerie Salzburg. Salzburg 2015, S. 134