Provenance
Bay of Naples, 1762
Claude-Joseph Vernet
The Norton Simon Foundation
F.1965.1.070.P
© The Norton Simon Foundation
Mrs. Hannah Entwisle, The Oaks, Sunninghill, Berkshire, England, Estate (sale, London, Christie’s, 1 February 1908, lot 148, as A Coast Scene, with figures embarking, to);
[Alfred H.] Hardcastle, by descent to;
Mrs. Loyd Hardcastle, Hawkhurst, Kent, England (sale, London, Christie’s, 12 July 1963, lot 48, ill., as A Coastal View with Figures Embarking on a Barge near a Rock Arch with Shipping and a Fort in the Background, to);
Douglas, buying for;
[Duveen Brothers, New York, stock no. 30444, sold 1965 to];
The Norton Simon Foundation.