The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

M.0803
Nocturne - San Giorgio

Nocturne - San Giorgio

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1880
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1917.6a-c
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 7 15/16 x 11 3/4" (202 x 298 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'N17.10 3/4 x 7.'

Date

Nocturne – San Giorgio dates from 1880.

Nocturne – San Giorgio, Freer Gallery of Art
Nocturne – San Giorgio, Freer Gallery of Art

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 803).

Images

Nocturne – San Giorgio, Freer Gallery of Art
Nocturne – San Giorgio, Freer Gallery of Art

Nocturne – San Giorgio, Freer Gallery of Art
Nocturne – San Giorgio, Freer Gallery of Art

Subject

Site

Nocturne – San Giorgio, Freer Gallery of Art
Nocturne – San Giorgio, Freer Gallery of Art

San Giorgio Maggiore stands on an island south of Venice, dominating the view south from the Riva degli Schiavoni. It takes its name from the Benedictine monastery founded in the l0th century. The monastery was suppressed in the l9th century and turned into a barracks. The church, designed by Palladio, was begun in 1566, and completed after his death, in 1610.

Technique

Technique

Nocturne – San Giorgio, Freer Gallery of Art
Nocturne – San Giorgio, Freer Gallery of Art

Details are given in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 803).

History

Provenance

Exhibitions

Nocturne – San Giorgio, Freer Gallery of Art
Nocturne – San Giorgio, Freer Gallery of Art

Bibliography

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