Port of Livorne
ca. 1770
Medium
Engraving; first state of two
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 11 3/16 × 12 3/8 in. (28.4 × 31.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.1504
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, where *Port of Livorne* (ca. 1770) captures the bustling energy of Livorno's harbor. Created as an engraving by Dutch artist Simon Fokke after a composition by the renowned French marine painter Joseph Vernet, work reflects Vernet's mastery of dramatic seascapes. Vernet, a leading figure in 18th-century European art, was commissioned by Louis XV to document France's major ports, blending Rococo elegance with emerging Neoclassical precision to evoke the romance and commerce of Mediterranean trade. This first-state impr...
About the Artist
Simon Fokke|Joseph Vernet · 1712–1784
Comment on works: Draugstman; Portrait