Venetian scene dates from 1879/1880.
Venetian scene, New Britain Museum of American Art
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no0. 749).
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
Venetian scene, New Britain Museum of American Art
This was drawn over another drawing that is still visible, upside down, and shows the facade of a building with a balcony. 2
The early provenance is unknown.
No exhibition in Whistler's lifetime has been identified.
1: Grieve 2000 [more], pp. 113-14, repr. pl. 133, view repr. pl. 134.
2: MacDonald 2001 [more], pp. 47, 48, 54, repr. pl. 51