# Italian Harbour Scene [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VERNET, Claude-Joseph]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 121 x 171 cm ## Commentary The painting depicts an Italian harbour scene in the morning fog, with fishermen departing in the foreground. The signed and dated canvas was executed while Vernet was in Rome, where he had settled in 1734. His paintings from this period were mostly imaginary landscapes or coastal views incorporating realistic landmarks and figures suggesting southern Italy. There is another smaller version of this painting, also in a private collection. ## Related artworks - [A Seashore \(detail\)]() - [A Seashore]() - [Capriccio view of Montferrat]() - ["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]() - [Italianate River Landscape]() - [Landscape with Bathers]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()