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

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M.0766
Venetian canal; v.: Bridge over canal

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1879/1880
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 3/4 x 8" (299 x 203 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none
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Venetian canal; v.: Bridge over canal

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Venetian canal, private collection
Venetian canal, private collection

Venice, Italy: a view of the Rio dei Tre Ponte from the Fondamenta San Marco, The Ponte da Ca' Rizzi is in the left foreground, and the Ponte dei Tre Ponte in the distance; the bridges and the area have been considerably altered, both by the destruction and reconstruction of the bridges. 1 It is very near the site drawn in The Tobacco Warehouse [M.0762].

Notes:

1: Grieve 2000 [more], pp. 56, 59, pl. 46. MacDonald 2001 [more], pp. 45, 46, 53, repr. pl. 50.

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