One of Vernet's earliest dated works, painted during his stay in Italy and displaying the influence of Salvator Rosa. According to Conisbee (1993), DPG328 was possibly painted as a pendant to Vernet's View of Tivoli in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Provenance: C. A. de Calonne; his sale, London, Skinner and Dyke, 26 Mar. 1795, lot 72. Bt privately by Desenfans; London, Noel Desenfans, 1795-1807: 1804 Insurance List, no. 73; London, Sir Francis Bourgeois, 1807-1811; Bourgeois Bequest, 1811.