Interior of the Port of Marseille

Interior of the Port of Marseille is a 1754 landscape painting by the French artist Claude-Joseph Vernet. It depicts a view of the bustling harbour of the Old Port of Marseille.
The picture was part of his celebrated Views of the Ports of France series. The series was commissioned by Louis XV at the suggestion of the influential Marquis de Marigny. It was one of four of the series that Vernet exhibited at the Salon of 1755. Today the painting is in the collection of the Louvre in Paris although on display at the Musée national de la Marine. He also painted a different work Entrance to the Port of Marseille which was exhibited at the Salon of 1757.