Marine: The Waterspout
Artist: Gustave Courbet (French, 1819–1877)
Original Dimensions: 27 1/8" x 39 1/4"
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
About Artwork: (1870) "Courbet first witnessed a waterspout at Trouville, a village on the Channel Coast, in 1865 or 1866. This dramatic phenomenon, a tornado at sea, occurs when temperature differences in the air create a whirling spiral of wind and water. Courbet first painted the subject in 1866 (Philadelphia Museum of Art). The present picture features the cliffs of Étretat, as does a second, undated version of the composition (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon)." - (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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