The port of Brest, general view - View taken from the Terrace of the Capuchins, Louis-Nicolas Van Blarenberghe, circa 1750

Watercolour over black chalk lines, with slight gouache highlights, on two sheets of beige paper glued in full. Squaring with black chalk. Annotation on a sheet glued at the top centre. Numbering to identify the ships: 1. L'eveillé / 2. La couronne / 3. L'aurore / 4. Le duc de bourgogne / 5. Le palmier / 6. Le prothée / 7. L'orient / 8. Le comte de menou / 9. La fleur / 10. La renommée / 11. Le saint-esprit / 12. La ville de paris / 13. L'amiral. Date: circa 1750. Dimensions: H. 0,44 m ; L. 0,795 m. Medium: gouache, watercolor over black chalk. Depicted Place: Brest. Collection: Louvre Museum. Louis Nicolas Van Blarenberghe Le port de Brest vue générale