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Young Neapolitan Woman Fishing

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Young Neapolitan Woman Fishing

Joseph Vernet | Jean Jacques Le Veau

ca. 1770

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

Sheet (Trimmed): 13 9/16 × 16 15/16 in. (34.5 × 43.1 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Joseph Vernet

1714–1789 • Kingdom of France

Claude-Joseph Vernet and his direct descendants are the last representatives of the Avignon School which had provided a continuous line of artists since the 14th century. It originated at the time when Bernard de Goth, Archbishop of Bordeaux, became pope in the name of Clement V and transferred the seat of the papacy to Avignon where he established an influential artistic community. Comment on works: Marines; Views; Landscapes.

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