# The Gulf of Salerno

- By: Joseph Wright of Derby (English, 1734-1797)
- Date: 1783–85
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: 41.6 × 59.4 cm (16 3/8 × 23 3/8 in.); Framed: 51.5 × 67.7 cm (20 1/4 × 26 5/8 in.)
- Culture: England
- Credit line: L.L. and A.S. Coburn, Josephine and John I. Louis, Jr., and Alexander A. McKay Endowments; through prior acquisition of the Charles H. and Mary F.S. Worcester Endowment
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/180711)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/67b46720-1589-0d13-3597-f03c7b618094/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)