Claude-Joseph VernetFrench, 1714–1789River scene with shipping
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London, United Kingdom
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- 592-1882
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In the life of Claude-Joseph Vernet
The whole life1734
Move to Rome for Twenty Years
Thanks to the Marquis de Caumont's grant, the twenty-year-old Vernet went to Rome, where he studied under the marine painters Bernardino Fergioni and Adrien Manglard; he lived in Rome for twenty years, studying Italian landscape painters such as Claude Lorrain.
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.
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.
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.
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.
3 December 1789
Died
