# Mediterranean Coastal Scene

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VOLAIRE, Pierre-Jacques](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/volaire-pierre-jacques-r6e964da7c92d3f>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 48 x 68 cm

## Commentary

The painting depicts a nocturnal Mediterranean coastal scene, with Vesuvius in the background. Formerly it was attributed to Claude-Joseph Vernet, the teacher of Volaire from 1755 to 1764.

## Related artworks

- [Eruption of Vesuvius by Moonlight](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/volaire-pierre-jacques-r6e964da7c92d3f/eruption-of-vesuvius-by-moonlight-r451239376a0c14>)
- [Moonlit River Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/volaire-pierre-jacques-r6e964da7c92d3f/moonlit-river-landscape-r4a17a7601a47fe>)
- [Seascape with Fisherman on a Rocky Shore](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/volaire-pierre-jacques-r6e964da7c92d3f/seascape-with-fisherman-on-a-rocky-shore-r5cc751f06589ea>)
- [Ship-Wreck](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/volaire-pierre-jacques-r6e964da7c92d3f/ship-wreck-r40eee5460c0185>)
- [The Eruption of the Vesuvius](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/volaire-pierre-jacques-r6e964da7c92d3f/the-eruption-of-the-vesuvius-r4cf9d7c7b7c63e>)
- [The Eruption of Vesuvius at Night](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/volaire-pierre-jacques-r6e964da7c92d3f/the-eruption-of-vesuvius-at-night-rdb759552e4be5c>)
- [View of the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/volaire-pierre-jacques-r6e964da7c92d3f/view-of-the-eruption-of-mount-vesuvius-r5ee29a3c114385>)

## Attribution

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