The Metropolitan Museum of Art · European Paintings
A Shipwreck in a Storm
Jean Pillement
- Date
- 1782
- Medium
- Pastel on gessoed canvas
- Dimensions
- 24 3/4 x 36 in. (62.9 x 91.4 cm)
- Object type
- Painting, drawing
- Classification
- Pastels & Oil Sketches on Paper
- Object number
- 56.7
- Credit line
- Gift of Martin Birnbaum, 1956
Artist information
French, Lyons 1728–1808 Lyons
Subjects and terms
- Men
- Women
- Seascapes
- Storms
- Ships
- Shipwrecks
- Waves
The Met object ID 437292. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.