The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

M.0744
Venetian scene

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

Date

Venetian scene dates from 1879/1880.

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

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no0. 749).

Images

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

Subject

Site

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

Technique

Technique

Venetian scene, New Britain Museum of American Art
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

History

Provenance

The early provenance is unknown.

Exhibitions

No exhibition in Whistler's lifetime has been identified.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

Books on Whistler


Notes:

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