(Vue d’un Port de Mer: Effet de Brume)
In the foreground, on the beach, are groups of men occupied with
unloading merchandise and cattle. Sailing ships are at anchor in
the port, and boats are floating on the rippling water. On the left
a monumental staircase leads from the landing-steps to a palace,
beyond which is seen a fort; a classic temple on the right. Sunset
effect, the power of the sun being softened by a mist over the far
distance.
Painted in oil on canvas.
Signed on a stone in the left foreground:—“CLAUDE IN ROMA, 1646”