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

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                    San Rocco, Boston Public Library
San Rocco, Boston Public Library

                    San Rocco, photograph, M. F. MacDonald, 1995
San Rocco, photograph, M. F. MacDonald, 1995

The white marble facade of San Rocco was designed by Bartolomeo Bon and Antonio Abbondi, and was built between 1515-1560. San Rocco (Saint Roch) was the Saint invoked in time of plague. Whistler drew the church from the bridge of C. del Scalater. 1

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1: Grieve 2000 [more] , pp. 72-73, repr. pl. 73, view repr. pl. 74.

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