Rocky Coastal Landscape in a Storm
by LOUTHERBOURG, Philip Jacques de, Oil on canvas, 38 x 48 cm
The painting depicts a rocky coastal landscape in a storm with a shipwrecked sailing boat and people in distress clinging onto a rock. It signed and dated lower right: P.J. de Loutherbourg 1771.
Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 10 minutes):
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in E flat major RV 253 op. 8 No. 5 (Storm at sea)