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In traditional 'You will nail me down to consistent facts OVER MY DEAD BODY' Conan Doyle style, the phrase "the French artist Vernet" can refer to like three guys - but they're all related to each other anyway, so they're all 'distant Holmes relatives'. I can't be bothered working out their ages and trying to guess which one was his great-uncle just now, I'm sure someone has.
But! The oldest one was Claude-Joseph Vernet and I REALLY like some of his pictures. He's really good at skies. This one's called 'Shipwreck'