![Claude-Joseph Vernet - Calm at a Mediterranean Port [1770] by Gandalf's Gallery](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uEdFahgv-db0Y05JSgYynGO9G9mWupMsyEm-X9p7_GdHx3prguP8KRJoq4fC7sCx22FRaAR5JitoWUjUysHytCRdsRU_EnTHu1h3IjyVuXPPUXaAM1C2EOaTZ8u7lb=s0-d)
In brilliant detail, Claude-Joseph Vernet (Avignon, 1714 - Paris, 1789) captured the gorgeous weather and leisurely activities of a day by the sea. Fishermen clean the day's catch on a stone pier while several people chat nearby, one of them pointing toward the large ship in the bay. Meanwhile, a man sits and smokes his pipe, the tobacco glowing a bright red. A cumulus cloud, perhaps the remnant of a distant storm, towers to the left of the setting sun. Warm tones of yellow, orange and red predominate, suggesting a hazy sunset after a bright day.
[Getty Centre, Los Angeles - Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 57.375 inches]
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