File:Claude Vernet Avignon 1756 crop.jpg

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Artist
Joseph Vernet  (1714–1789)  wikidata:Q315819
 
Joseph Vernet
Alternative names
Claude Joseph Vernet,
Claude-Joseph Vernet
Description French painter and etcher
Date of birth/death 14 August 1714 Edit this at Wikidata 3 December 1789 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Avignon Edit this at Wikidata Paris Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Italy (1734-1753)
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artist QS:P170,Q315819
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: Detail showing the ruins of the Pont Saint-Bénezet from a painting of Avignon by Claude-Joseph Vernet. The view is from the right bank of the Rhone near the Tour Philippe-le-Bel.
Date 1757 (the picture was probably began in 1756 but is signed and dated 1757 in bottom left hand corner)
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Notes The painting was auctioned by Sotheby's as lot 39 on 3 July 2013 for £5,346,500.
Source/Photographer Photo taken by uploader at Sotheby's viewing
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File:View of Avignon from the right bank of the Rhone by Claude-Joseph Vernet, 1756.jpg
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current15:32, 3 July 2013Thumbnail for version as of 15:32, 3 July 20133,628 × 2,644 (1.93 MB)Aa77zz (talk | contribs)Photo taken by uploader of part of picture on display at Sotheby's. Much better resolution than the image that it replaces but some distortion introduced.
18:08, 14 May 2013Thumbnail for version as of 18:08, 14 May 2013657 × 390 (68 KB)Aa77zz (talk | contribs)Lighter version
17:24, 14 May 2013Thumbnail for version as of 17:24, 14 May 2013657 × 390 (55 KB)Aa77zz (talk | contribs)User created page with UploadWizard

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