A Storm Behind the Isle of Wight
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
unframed: 50.8 × 67.6 cm · framed: 70 × 85.5 × 5.5 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of Henry W. Kent
Accession Number
1948.461
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
The scene depicts a family's distress upon finding that one of its members has drowned off the rocky shore of the Isle of Wight during a storm. A ship sinks in the wild sea, amid swirling dark clouds and lightning flashes. The artist had visited the Isle of Wight in 1791. Ibbetson began his career by copying Dutch landscape paintings for dealers. He is known to have produced copies and fakes in the style of other masters as well.