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

 

M.0804
From the Steps of the Piazzetta

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1880
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: pastel
Support: brown paper
Size: unknown
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown

From the Steps of the Piazzetta

Site

Venice, Italy. It apparently showed the view from the waterfront steps by the Piazza San Marco, looking over to Santa Maria della Salute, with the gondolas moored in front. 1

Notes:

1: Way 1912 [more] , repr. f.p. 52. Anon., 'Mr Whistler's Venice; or, Pastels by Pastelthwaite', Punch, vol. 80, 12 February 1881, p. 69.

Last updated: 11th February 2021 by Margaret