Shipwreck on the Coast

Shipwreck on the Coast is an 1862 maritime painting by the French artist Eugène Delacroix. It drew inspiration from the works of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Viewed from a rocky coastline it shows a completely dismasted vessel. It was part of a thriving tradition in nineteenth century art depicting shipwrecks. Today the painting is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, having been acquired in 2004.

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