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A Storm Behind the Isle of Wight
Julius Caesar Ibbetsonc.179(?)
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The scene depicts a family's distress upon finding that one of its members has drowned off the rocky shore of the Isle of Wight during a storm. A ship sinks in the wild sea, amid swirling dark clouds and lightning flashes. The artist had visited the Isle of Wight in 1791. Ibbetson began his career by copying Dutch landscape paintings for dealers. He is known to have produced copies and fakes in the style of other masters as well.
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- Title: A Storm Behind the Isle of Wight
- Creator: Julius Caesar Ibbetson (British, 1759-1817)
- Date Created: c.179(?)
- Physical Dimensions: Framed: 70 x 85.5 x 5.5 cm (27 9/16 x 33 11/16 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 50.8 x 67.6 cm (20 x 26 5/8 in.)
- Provenance: Henry W. Kent.; after his death, held in trust by the estate., Estate of Henry W. Kent, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art. 1948.
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1948.461
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Inscriptions: Signed lower left: "Julius Ibbetson / [...] / 179[...]"
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: England, 18th century
- Credit Line: Bequest of Henry W. Kent
- Collection: P - British before 1800
- Accession Number: 1948.461
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