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

 

M.0772
San Rocco

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1879/1880
Collection: Boston Public Library, Print Department, MA
Accession Number: [1941]
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wovepaper
Size: 11 13/16 x 6 1/8" (300 x 155 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

San Rocco

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San Rocco, Boston Public Library
San Rocco, Boston Public Library
San Rocco, photograph, M. F. MacDonald, 1995
San Rocco, photograph, M. F. MacDonald, 1995

The white marble facade of San Rocco was designed by Bartolomeo Bon and Antonio Abbondi, and was built between 1515-1560. San Rocco (Saint Roch) was the Saint invoked in time of plague. Whistler drew the church from the bridge of C. del Scalater. 1

Notes:

1: Grieve 2000 [more] , pp. 72-73, repr. pl. 73, view repr. pl. 74.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret