A large scale beach scene of fishing boats on the hard with others in the offing out at sea. A small fish market on the decks of smaller boats in the middle ground with two figures in the foreground around a driftwood fire.
Cerverni would appear to have been a Swiss mixed genre painter with several seascapes listed as well as a variety of other genres.
A well designed and executed painting in a gilt period frame.
 
610 x 850 mm. Image size.
 
Oil on canvas laid down on board.
 
Signed bottom left.
 
Good original condition.
 
Framed in a gilded period frame.