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

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                    Little Canal, San Barnaba; flesh colour and grey, private collection
Little Canal, San Barnaba; flesh colour and grey, private collection

The Rio San Barnaba runs east from the Carmine to the Campo San Barnaba, towards the Ca' Rezzonico, in Venice, Italy. Here, Whistler drew the Rio del Malpaga, looking west from the Ponte del Malpaga, in the sestiere of Dorsoduro. 1

Notes:

1: Grieve 2000 [more] , pp. 44-45, repr. pl. 28, view repr. pl. 27; the view is now different, with a new bridge, the Ponte Lombarda, crossing the Rio.

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