Return from Fishing, Claude-Joseph Vernet, c. 1740–80
Claude-Joseph Vernet, portraitClaude-Joseph VernetFrench, 1714–1789

Return from Fishing

c. 1740–80 · Print · 30.16 × 21.91 cm

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Where is “Return from Fishing” now? Collection: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Minneapolis, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

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Accession number
P.75.21

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In the life of Claude-Joseph Vernet

The whole life
  1. 1743 · Career

    the Accademia di San Luca in Rome

    Vernet became a full member of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome; his work is thought to have been influenced by Giovanni Paolo Panini, whom he probably met and worked with in Rome.

  2. 1745

    Marriage to Virginia Parker

    Two years after joining the Accademia di San Luca, Vernet married in Rome the Englishwoman Virginia Parker, daughter of a captain in the papal navy.

  3. from 1746

    Beginning of His Exhibition Career

    Vernet took part in exhibitions from 1746 onward and, with rare exceptions, continued to exhibit until his death.

  4. 1753

    Return to Paris, the "Ports of France" Commission

    Through the mediation of the Marquis de Marigny, Vernet was summoned to the French court: he was to depict the most important ports of France in twenty-four paintings and glorify the "naval might of the kingdom." With his family he set out for Marseille and began the long journey along the entire French coast from south to north.

  5. 14 August 1758

    Son born: Carle Vernet

  6. 20 July 1760

    Daughter born: Marguerite Émilie Chalgrin

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