cma-european-art: A Storm Behind the Isle of Wight, Julius Caesar Ibbetson , c.179(?), Cleveland Mus
cma-european-art: A Storm Behind the Isle of Wight, Julius Caesar Ibbetson , c.179(?), Cleveland Museum of Art: European Painting and SculptureThe 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.Size: Framed: 70 x 85.5 x 5.5 cm (27 9/16 x 33 11/16 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 50.8 x 67.6 cm (20 x 26 5/8 in.)Medium: oil on canvashttps://clevelandart.org/art/1948.461 -- source link
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