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

 

M.0744
Venetian scene

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1879/1880
Collection: New Britain Museum of American Art, CT
Accession Number: 1950.12
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 5/8 x 7 15/16" (296 x 202 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Venetian scene

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Venetian scene, New Britain Museum of American Art
Venetian scene, New Britain Museum of American Art

Venice, Italy: the view is from the Casa Kankowitz in the sestiere of Castello, looking across the bay to Santa Maria della Salute in the distance, to left of centre, with the Grand Canal and Riva degli Schiavoni to right. 1

Notes:

1: Grieve 2000 [more] , pp. 113-14, repr. pl. 133, view repr. pl. 134.

Last updated: 9th February 2021 by Margaret