Shipwreck on the Coast

Shipwreck on the Coast is an 1862 maritime painting by the French artist Eugène Delacroix.

[1][2] It drew inspiration from the works of Giovanni Battista Piranesi.

[3] Viewed from a rocky coastline it shows a completely dismasted vessel.

[4] It was part of a thriving tradition in nineteenth century art depicting shipwrecks.

[5] Today the painting is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, having been acquired in 2004.