The outer port of Brest, Louis-Nicolas Van Blarenberghe, circa 1750

Watercolour over black chalk strokes, on two sheets of beige paper. Annotations in pen and brown ink on an attached sheet glued in the middle. Numbering to identify the ships represented: 1. L'éveillé / 2. La couronne / 3. L'aurora / 4. Le duc de bourgogne / 5. Le palmier / 6. Le prothée / 7. L'orient / 8 le comte de menou / 9. La fleur / 10. La fame / 11. Le saint-esprit / 12. La ville de paris / 13. L'amiral. Date: circa 1750. Dimensions: H. 0.441 m; W. 1.39 m. Medium: watercolour over black chalk. Depicted Place: Brest. Collection: Louvre Museum. Brest Van Blarenberghe L'avant-port de Brest