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Campo Sta Marta – Winter Evening, Freer Gallery of Art

It is a view north along the Fondamenta de l'Arzere to the campo by the church of Santa Marta. This was a poor fishing quarter, between the Piazzale Roma and the Zattere, in Venice, Italy. 1 It was not, as Whistler originally called it, 'Martin', a fact that was pointed out in the newspapers, and gleefully dismissed as irrelevant by Whistler. 2