Claude Joseph Vernet

(French, 1714-1789)

Four boat studies, unsigned, pen and ink, ink wash on paper, largest 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 in.; in one gilt wood frame, 20-1/2 x 15-1/2 in.

Provenance: Presumed Collection of Charles Sterling, Curator of Paintings at the Louvre; by descent to Catherine Sterling, Gallerie Estranger, St. Remy de Provence, France, purchased circa 1990s; Private Georgia Collection
Condition Report: trimmed from album page with a partial inscription "J. Verne..", toning, somer light foxing, stains, each glued down to album page; frame with abrasion