Fishing Boats Tossed before a Storm
c. 1840
Medium
watercolor with touches of gouache and pen and brown ink with gum arabic, over black chalk, with scraping and incising into wet paint on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 93.3 x 63.9 cm (36 3/4 x 25 3/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Helen Porter and James T. Dyke
Accession Number
2001.79.1
About the Artist
Eugène Isabey
Eugène Isabey (1803–1886) was a French painter and lithographer known for his dramatic seascapes, coastal scenes, and historical compositions. Born in Paris, he was the son of the celebrated miniaturist and portraitist Jean-Baptiste Isabey, who provided his early artistic training. The younger Isabey studied briefly with various masters but was largely shaped by his father's studio and by his own ...