# Storm with a Shipwreck

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VERNET, Claude-Joseph](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-claude-joseph-r19847fe5373d83>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 87 x 137 cm

## Commentary

Vernet&#39;s considerable contemporary reputation was largely founded on such agreeably terrifying images as this, which were also particularly prized by English collectors. &lt;P&gt; &lt;TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR=&#34;\#99CCCC&#34;&gt; &lt;TR VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;IMG SRC=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 10 minutes\):&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A HREF=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/18\_cent/vivaldi\_rv253\_storm.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;B&gt;Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in E flat major RV 253 op. 8 No. 5 \(Storm at sea\)&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;

## Related artworks

- [A Seashore \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-claude-joseph-r19847fe5373d83/a-seashore-detail-ra0b5c0d5f0829c>)
- [A Seashore](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-claude-joseph-r19847fe5373d83/a-seashore-r31c3491833cf57>)
- [Capriccio view of Montferrat](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-claude-joseph-r19847fe5373d83/capriccio-view-of-montferrat-r9d90b8ace5da55>)
- [&#34;Clair de Lune&#34;](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-claude-joseph-r19847fe5373d83/clair-de-lune-r3e3f680ed1a306>)
- [Coastal Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-claude-joseph-r19847fe5373d83/coastal-landscape-r27182908eaeffc>)
- [Coastal Landscape with Fishermen Hauling in their Nets](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-claude-joseph-r19847fe5373d83/coastal-landscape-with-fishermen-hauling-in-their-nets-rd3e723da53259c>)
- [Coastal Scene in Moonlight](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-claude-joseph-r19847fe5373d83/coastal-scene-in-moonlight-rce7dd856435f96>)
- [Coastal Scene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-claude-joseph-r19847fe5373d83/coastal-scene-rb6f0b96d7c7a0f>)
- [Coastal View with a Rainbow](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-claude-joseph-r19847fe5373d83/coastal-view-with-a-rainbow-r30402905fe16b1>)
- [Girls Bathing at the Seaside](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-claude-joseph-r19847fe5373d83/girls-bathing-at-the-seaside-rc4d04970afa025>)
- [Italian Harbour Scene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-claude-joseph-r19847fe5373d83/italian-harbour-scene-rbd92025f7d9169>)
- [Italianate River Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-claude-joseph-r19847fe5373d83/italianate-river-landscape-r801699691be860>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)