Evening
Artist: Claude-Joseph Vernet (French, 1714-1789)
Date: 1753
Dimensions:
H: 39 1/4 in. (99.7 cm); W: 54 in. (137.2 cm)
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1951.499
Label Text:Evening is one of five paintings ordered from Claude-Joseph Vernet by Irish nobleman Ralph Howard (died 1786) while he was in Rome on the Grand Tour. Four of the paintings were marine scenes showing the different times of day, a favorite theme of Vernet’s. Vernet’s account book describes the pictures for Howard as “représentant des marines avec sujects differents à ma fantaisie” (“representing marines with different subjects from my imagination”). His description emphasizes the imaginary qualities of Evening, which was generally inspired by the coast of the Gulf of Naples.
Not on view
In Collection(s)