A Storm off the Normandy Coast

probably 1850s

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 802

Isabey, the foremost seascape painter of his generation, sketched in Normandy throughout the 1850s. This dramatic scene, composed as if witnessed from the edge of the surf, was probably painted in his studio based on memory. It evokes the Romantic milieu of the artist's formative years, when he was influenced by Gericault, Delacroix, and Bonington.

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Title: A Storm off the Normandy Coast
Artist: Eugène Isabey (French, Paris 1803–1886 Lagny)
Date: probably 1850s
Medium: Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
Dimensions: 13 x 20 in. (33 x 50.8 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Gift of The Eugene Victor Thaw Art Foundation, 2007
Object Number: 2007.164.5
Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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