The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0798
Gondolas by moonlight
Date
Gondolas by moonlight dates from 1880.
This drawing is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 798).
Images
Gondolas by moonlight, Whereabouts Unknown
Subject
Site
Described by George Adolphus Storey (1834-1919) as a view from Florian's in the Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy. 1
Technique
Technique
It was described as 'three strokes in a notebook'. 2 No note or sketchbook has survived from Whisler's Venice stay.
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
Unknown.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 798) as 'Gondolas by moonlight'.
Books, General
- Storey, Gladys, All Sorts of People, London, 1929, p. 81.
Notes:
1: Storey, Gladys, All Sorts of People, London, 1929, p. 81.
2: Storey, Gladys, All Sorts of People, London, 1929, p. 81.