The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Venice dates from 1880.

Venice, Freer Gallery of Art

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 802).

Images

Subject

Site

Venice, Freer Gallery of Art

San Giorgio Maggiore, seen from the Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice, Italy. .

Technique

Technique

Venice, Freer Gallery of Art

Underneath, at right angles to the pastel, is the drawing of a courtyard.

Details are given in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 802).

History

Provenance

• 1893: bought in September from Wunderlich, New York dealers, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit;
• 1919: bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.

Exhibitions

By the terms of Freer's will, this work cannot be exhibited in any other venue.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 802) as 'Venice'.

Catalogues 1906-Present

• Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art, New York and London, 1984, p. 260, pl. 248.

Websites

• Freer Gallery of Art website at https://asia.si.edu/object/F1893.26a-b.