The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
YMSM 222
The Riva and San Biagio, Venice
Date
The Riva and San Biagio, Venice dates from some time between late 1879 and the autumn of 1880, while Whistler was in Venice. 1
According to the Pennells, in Venice Whistler painted the view from Mr. Ross Turner's terrace, 'looking down the Riva to San Biagio ... full of little figures, and with boats and a suggestion of the Lagoon, in the background.' 2
Ross Sterling Turner (1847-1915) was an American artist, a skilful watercolourist and illustrator, and friend of Whistler while he was in Venice. He was in Europe from 1876 and associated with the 'Duveneck Boys' in Venice, before settling in Boston in 1882.
Images
The Riva and San Biagio, Venice, Whereabouts unknown
Subject
Titles
Only one title has been suggested:
- 'The Riva and San Biagio, Venice' (1980, YMSM). 3
Description
It was described by the Pennells as 'painted from Mr. Ross Turner's terrace ... looking down the Riva to San Biagio ... full of little figures, and with boats and a suggestion of the Lagoon, in the background.' 4
Site
The Riva della Schiavoni, Venice, looking towards San Biagio and the Giardini Publici. An etching, Lagoon - Noon [209] shows the view from the upper floor of a house near the Casa Jankowitz, south east over the Ponte de la Veneta Marina towards the public gardens. This could well be where Whistler painted.
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
Conservation History
Unknown.
Frame
Unknown.
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
Unknown.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- Young, Andrew McLaren, Margaret F. MacDonald, Robin Spencer, and Hamish Miles, The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and London, 1980 (cat. no. 222) as 'The Riva and San Biagio, Venice'.
Authored by Whistler
- None.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- None.
Journals 1855-1905
- None.
Monographs
- Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, and Joseph Pennell, The Life of James McNeill Whistler, 5th (revised) edition, London and Philadelphia, 1911, pp. 200-01.
Books, General
- None.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- None.
Journals 1906-Present
- None.
Websites
- None.
Unpublished
- None.
Other
- None.
Notes:
1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 222).
2: Pennell 1911 A [more], pp. 200-01.
3: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 222).
4: Pennell 1911 A [more], pp. 200-01.