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

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YMSM 221
Grand Canal, Venice

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1880
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: oil
Support: unknown
Size: unknown
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown
Frame: unknown

Grand Canal, Venice

Titles

One title has been suggested:

  • 'Grand Canal, Venice' (1980, YMSM). 1

Description

According to Willis Seaver Adams (1842–1921) in Venice Whistler painted 'a study from our window, the approach to the Grand Canal.' 2

Site

According to the landscape painter Willis Seaver Adams, it was a view from 'our window' looking towards the Grand Canal, Venice. 3

Sunset; red and gold – Salute, The Hunterian
Sunset; red and gold – Salute, The Hunterian
Venetian scene, New Britain Museum of American Art
Venetian scene, New Britain Museum of American Art
Salute – Sundown, The Hunterian
Salute – Sundown, The Hunterian

The view from or along the Riva degli Schiavoni was a favourite of Whistler's: see, for instance, several pastels, including Venetian scene [M.0744], Nocturne: ships and gondolas, Venice [M.0801], Salute - Sundown [M.0809], and Sunset: Venice [M.0813], and etchings including Salute Dawn [207], and Venice [213].

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 221).

2: Article in the Springfield Republican quoted by Eddy 1903 [more] , p. 92.

3: Ibid.

Last updated: 10th November 2019 by Margaret