# Shipwreck

**After Eugène Isabey** (French, 1803–1886)  
19th century  
Oil on canvas  
54 × 65.3 cm (21 1/4 × 25 11/16 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1975.667. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/57854).

## About this work

After Eugène Isabey painted this in 19th century. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of oil on canvas.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [After Eugène Isabey](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/after-eugene-isabey)

French, 1803–1886

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: France
- Real size: about 21 × 26 in (54 × 65 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 8 × 10 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 19th century
- Subjects: shipwrecks, boatman, boats, clouds, danger, men, ocean, rocks
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/171.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/171/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/shipwreck-aic-57854).