Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

 

M.0737
Campanile at Lido

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1879
Collection: Debra Force Gallery
Accession Number: none
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 7 15/16 x 11 13/16" (202 x 300 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'No. 3'

Campanile at Lido

Campanile at Lido dates from between October and December 1879. It may well have been drawn early in Whistler's time in Venice, shortly after his arrival in the autumn of 1879, before the weather became too cold.

Campanile at Lido, Debra Force Gallery
Campanile at Lido, Debra Force Gallery

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 737).

Last updated: 16th February 2021 by Margaret