{"product_id":"calme-a-landscape-at-sunset","title":"Calme - A Landscape at Sunset","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"dokuwiki_paragraph\"\u003eMy interpretation of Claude-Joseph Vernet's \"Calme\" or better known as \"A Landscape at Sunset\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"dokuwiki_paragraph\"\u003eThis is one of two paintings originally commissioned as a pair by Stanislas Augustus, King of Poland, in June or July 1772. However, concerned that the King was slow to pay, Vernet instead sold the pictures to the British officer and East India Company official Lord Clive (known as Clive of India).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"dokuwiki_paragraph\"\u003eThis painting, originally known as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"dokuwiki_italic\"\u003e‘Calme’\u003c\/span\u003e, was painted first. It shows an imaginary harbour as fishermen return with their catch on a tranquil summer’s evening. The golden setting sun is at the centre of the composition above the misty horizon, its light illuminating the undersides of the clouds and reflecting off the ripples on the calm sea. A ship has just arrived – it is just possible to make out the tiny figures on its mast yards furling the sails – and is being towed by two launches into the harbour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"dokuwiki_paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"dokuwiki_italic\"\u003e‘Calme’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand its pair\u003cspan class=\"dokuwiki_italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e‘Tempête’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eare two of Vernet’s greatest marine paintings, and the only great pair of marine views by him in a British public collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-en-clipboard=\"true\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" color=\"rgb(33, 43, 54)\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLimited edition - 300 ONLY signed (by me, not Claude-Jospeh) and hand embellished.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-en-clipboard=\"true\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" color=\"rgb(33, 43, 54)\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv color=\"rgb(33, 43, 54)\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" data-en-clipboard=\"true\"\u003eI created this as 90 x 60 cm - and painted it in May 2023 with modern Acrylics on Canvas.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv color=\"rgb(33, 43, 54)\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv color=\"rgb(33, 43, 54)\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv color=\"rgb(33, 43, 54)\"\u003ePlease email info@painting.ac to discuss paper, canvas and framing options.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv color=\"rgb(33, 43, 54)\"\u003eProfessionally calibrated Giclee printed to reproduce exceptionally vivid colours using the latest large-format printers at 2400 dpi using a 12-colour pigment ink system for smooth graduations, deep blacks, and an impressive colour range - with up to 99% Pantone coverage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv color=\"rgb(33, 43, 54)\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUsing state-of-the-art print software, prints are sharp, detailed, and vibrant. We maximise the colour gamut for every paper we offer and capture open shadow detail, true blues and natural skin tones for every image.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"JessTH","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43955049070851,"sku":"","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/2440\/1411\/files\/Done-Calme.jpg?v=1684735687","url":"https:\/\/painting.ac\/products\/calme-a-landscape-at-sunset","provider":"JessTH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}