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The image shows a rugged coastline with a rocky shore on the right. The sea and sky have a grey-blue hue, suggesting a stormy or overcast atmosphere. Waves are crashing against the rocks. A ship with a tilted mast is partially submerged in the water. The brushstrokes are delicate and soft, creating a misty effect. The color palette includes muted grays, blues, and earthy browns. The sky is cloudy, adding to the foreboding atmosphere.
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The image shows a rugged coastline with a rocky shore on the right. The sea and sky have a grey-blue hue, suggesting a stormy or overcast atmosphere. Waves are crashing against the rocks. A ship with a tilted mast is partially submerged in the water. The brushstrokes are delicate and soft, creating a misty effect. The color palette includes muted grays, blues, and earthy browns. The sky is cloudy, adding to the foreboding atmosphere.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Rocky Seacoast in a Storm

Gabriel Hippolyte Lebas

Date
1840s
Medium
watercolor with gouache and gum arabic on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 26 × 42.7 cm (10 1/4 × 16 13/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2015.111.1
Credit line
Purchased as the Gift of Alexander M. and Judith W. Laughlin
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • landscape
Provenance

(sale, Christie's, Paris, 10 April 2008, no. 199); (Paul Prouté, S. A., Paris); purchased 2015 by NGA.

Inscription

lower left in brown ink: Lebas

NGA object ID 199082. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.