Not currently on view
In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
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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Jan Asselijn — De doorbraak van de Sint-Anthonisdijk bij Ams
Claude-Joseph Vernet — The Shipwreck
Joseph Vernet — Storm
Wijnand Nuijen — Schipbreuk op een rotsachtige kust
John Glover — Barren Coast and Slight Storm
Willem van de Velde the Younger — Ships in a Gale
Ivan Aivazovsky — The Storm on the Turkish Coast
Joseph Vernet — A Storm on a Mediterranean Coast
Ludolf Bakhuysen — Ludolf Bakhuysen (1631–1708)
Salvator Rosa — Bandits on a Rocky Coast
Simon Fokke|Joseph Vernet — Port of Livorne
Louis Meijer — Storm in the Strait of Dover
