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| Claude-Joseph Vernet
(1714 - 1789)
| Timeline |
| 1714 |
Born 14 August in Avignon |
| 1720s |
Studies under his father, Antoine Vernet, then with J. Viali and P. Sauvan in Aix |
| 1734 |
Travels to Rome |
| 1743 |
Elected to the Accademia di S Luca |
| 1745 |
Marries Virginia Parker, daughter of a captain in the papal navy |
| 1746 |
First exhibition at the Salon - he exhibits regularly until his death |
| 1750 |
Receives his first commission from the French Crown |
| 1753 |
Becomes a full member of the Académie Royale |
| 1753 |
Commissioned by Louis XV to paint a series of the sea-ports of France |
| 1753 |
Returns to Paris |
| 1778 |
Visits Switzerland with Marigny |
| 1789 |
Dies 3 December in Paris |
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