JOSEPH VERNET. 1714-1789

59 SUNRISE. 1746

Oil on canvas. 68 X 84 cm. Inv. No 768

Signed and dated lower left: /. Vernet, f. Romae 1746

A companion picture to Sunset (The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Inv. No 769), this was commissioned by Marquis de Villette in 1745. Engraved by P. J. Duret in reverse under the title Fishermen Returning from the Sea, with a dedication to Marquis de Villette.

Provenance: 1765 Sale of the Collection of Marquis de Villette, Paris; until 1924 The Rumiantsev Museum,

Moscow (received from the F. Sokovnin Collection); since 1924 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow (entered as Seaside View) Exhibition: 1753 Paris (Salon), Cat. 132 Bibliography: Кат. ГМИИ 1948, p. 18; Кат. ГМИИ 1957, p. 26; Кат. ГМИИ 1961, p. 36; Lagrange 1864, pp. 185, 325—327; Каталог Румянцевского музея, Moscow, 1865, No 196; А. Новицкий, Художественная галерея Московского Публичного и Румянщев-ского музеев, Moscow, 1889, No 223; Кат. Румянцев-ского музея 1915, No 520; Ingersoll-Smouse 1926, vol. 1, No 136; Reau 1929, No 680 (entitled Une marine avec des mines sur le rivage)

59 SUNRISE. 1746

60 ROMANTIC LANDSCAPE

(LANDSCAPE IN THE STYLE OF SALVATORE ROSA). 1746 Oil on canvas. 74 X 97 cm. Inv. No 770 Signed and dated lower left: /. Vernet Romae 1746 It is one of the eight pictures commissioned by Marquis de Villette in 1746. Engraved by L. J. Cathelin. Provenance: 1765 Sale of the Collection of Marquis de Villette, Paris; from the late 18th century until 1924 The Yusupovs Collection, Arkhangelskoye (near

Moscow) and St Petersburg — Petrograd; since 1924 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow Bibliography: Кат. ГМИИ 1948, p. 18; Кат. ГМИИ 1957, p. 26; Кат. ГМИИ 1961, p. 36; Musee Youssou-

poff 1839, No 207; Lagrange 1864, PP. 185, 327, 360, 463; Waagen 1864, p. 417; Эрнст 1924, p. 68, ill.; Ingersoll-Smouse 1926, vol. 1, No 168, ill. XVI (entitled A View in the Environs of Tivoli); Reau 1929, No 681; W. Constable, "Carlo Bonavia", The Art Quarterly, Spring 1959, p. 40, ill.

60 ROMANTIC LANDSCAPE

61 VIEW IN THE PARK OF VILLA PAMPHILI. 1749

Oil on canvas. 76 X 101 cm. Inv. No 2769 Signed and dated lower right: Joseph Vernet, F. Roma 1749

A companion picture to View in the Park of Villa Ludovisi (The Hermitage, Inv. No 3684), it was commissioned by Marquis de Villette in 1746. Provenance: 1765 Sale of the Villette Collection, Paris; 1768—1922 The Academy of Arts, St Petersburg — Petrograd; 1922—30 The Hermitage, Leningrad; since 1930 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Exhibitions: 1955 Moscow, Cat., p. 25; 1956 Leningrad, Cat., p. 13; 1965 Bordeaux, Cat. 37; 1965—66 Paris, Cat. 26; 1976—77 Paris, Cat. 21

Bibliography: Кат. ГМИИ 1948, p. 18; Кат. ГМИИ 1957, p. 26; Кат. ГМИИ 1961, p. 36; Lagrange 1864, p. 327; А. Сомов, Картинная галерея Императорской Академии художеств, part 2: Каталог произведений иностранной живописи, St Petersburg, 1874, No 586 (entitled View in the Park); Ingersoll-Smouse 1926, vol. 1, No 212, ill. XXIV; Reau 1929, No 393; Sterling 1957, p. 58; Antonova 1977, No 71

61 VIEW IN THE PARK OF VILLA PAMPHILI. 1749