Titles

One title has been suggested:

• 'Grand Canal, Venice' (1980, YMSM). 1

Description

According to Willis Seaver Adams (1842–1921) in Venice Whistler painted 'a study from our window, the approach to the Grand Canal.' 2

Site

According to the landscape painter Willis Seaver Adams, it was a view from 'our window' looking towards the Grand Canal, Venice. 3

Sunset; red and gold – Salute, The Hunterian

Venetian scene, New Britain Museum of American Art

Salute – Sundown, The Hunterian

The view from or along the Riva degli Schiavoni was a favourite of Whistler's: see, for instance, several pastels, including Venetian scene [M.0744], Nocturne: ships and gondolas, Venice [M.0801], Salute - Sundown [M.0809], and Sunset: Venice [M.0813], and etchings including Salute Dawn [207], and Venice [213].