Date : 1870
Material : Oil on canvas Acquisition : Gift of Horace Havemeyer (1929)
| Item 9 on 10 French Painting Landscape (Marine)
Area related France
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The Waterspout depicts a tornado at sea, which occurs when temperature differences in the air create a whirling spiral of wind and water. Courbet painted several versions beginning in 1866, varying the palette and sometimes including human figures.
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