A Shipwreck British the attribution to Rubens is

the attribution to Rubens is accepted by Jaffé and Held

Cleaning also permitted a clearer appreciation of Rembrandt's confident sweeps of the brush and thickly applied 'impasto' paint (see

probably of the famous classical statue of Venus Callipygeia ('Venus of the beautiful behind')

to visit the imprisoned

A Shipwreck British the attribution to Rubens isVernet was best known to his contemporaries for his realistic and often stormy marine paintings that captured the natural world realistically on canvas, while suggesting a divine presence through the use of dramatic lighting, ravaged landscape, and atmospheric effects. His works were much imitated and especially sought after by British collectors in the 18th and 19th century.