# Capriccio view of Montferrat [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VERNET, Claude-Joseph]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 66 x 99 cm ## Commentary The picture shows a capriccio view of Montferrat at dawn with the Gorges du Verdon and the River Nartuby, with fishermen unloading their catch in the foreground. The village of Montferrat in the Var in south-east France is a location that lends itself perfectly to Vernet's grand natural landscapes, the village itself perched precariously on a cliff edge in the dramatic Gorges du Verdon. ## Related artworks - [A Seashore \(detail\)]() - [A Seashore]() - ["Clair de Lune"]() - [Coastal Landscape]() - [Coastal Landscape with Fishermen Hauling in their Nets]() - [Coastal Scene in Moonlight]() - [Coastal Scene]() - [Coastal View with a Rainbow]() - [Girls Bathing at the Seaside]() - [Italian Harbour Scene]() - [Italianate River Landscape]() - [Landscape with Bathers]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()