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

 

M.0773
Campanile Santa Margherita

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1879/1880
Collection: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
Accession Number: 1928.37
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 3/4 x 7 1/8" (299 x 181 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'N:39 - 11 1/2 x 6 ½'

Campanile Santa Margherita

Site

Whistler exhibited it in 1881 as 'Campanile Santa Margharita'. Variations on the title exist, but the title preferred is the Venetian spelling, 'Campanile Santa Margherita'.

Campanile Santa Margherita, Addison Gallery of American Art
Campanile Santa Margherita, Addison Gallery of American Art
Campanile Santa Margherita, photograph, M. F. MacDonald, 1995
Campanile Santa Margherita, photograph, M. F. MacDonald, 1995

Campo Santa Margherita lies north of the Zattere, beyond S. Maria del Carmine, in Dorsoduro, Venice. Passing the base of the old bell tower at the north end, one crosses the Rio Foscati into the Campo San Pantalon, to reach San Rocco and the Frari. 1

Notes:

1: MacDonald 2001 [more] , p. 20, repr. p. 20, the title spelled 'Campanile Santa Margarita'; photograph of the campo by Archivio Filippi, repr. p. 20. Grieve 2000 [more] , p. 35, pastel repr. p. 34, pl. 11 as 'Campanile Santa Margharita', site repr. p. 35, pl. 12.

Last updated: 15th February 2021 by Margaret