The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0804
From the Steps of the Piazzetta
Date
From the Steps of the Piazzetta dates from 1880. It is known only from a Punch cartoon and an illustration by Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913). 1
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 804).
Images
From the Steps of the Piazzetta, whereabouts unknown
Subject
Site
Venice, Italy. It apparently showed the view from the waterfront steps by the Piazza San Marco, looking over to Santa Maria della Salute, with the gondolas moored in front. 2
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
- 1881: Venice Pastels, Fine Art Society, London, 1881 (cat. no. 39) as 'From the Steps of the Piazetta'.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 804) as 'From the Steps of the Piazzetta'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Venice Pastels, Fine Art Society, London, 1881 (cat. no. 39) as 'From the Steps of the Piazetta'.
Journals 1855-1905
- Anon., 'Mr Whistler's Venice; or, Pastels by Pastelthwaite', Punch, vol. 80, 12 February 1881, p. 69.
- 'Venice in Pastel', St James's Gazette, 9 February 1881, p. 13.
Books on Whistler
- MacDonald, Margaret F., Palaces in the Night: Whistler in Venice, Aldershot and California, 2001.
- Way, Thomas Robert, Memories of James McNeill Whistler, the Artist, London and New York, 1912, repr. f.p. 52.
Notes:
1: Way 1912 [more], repr. f.p. 52. Anon., 'Mr Whistler's Venice; or, Pastels by Pastelthwaite', Punch, vol. 80, 12 February 1881, p. 69.
2: Way 1912 [more], repr. f.p. 52. Anon., 'Mr Whistler's Venice; or, Pastels by Pastelthwaite', Punch, vol. 80, 12 February 1881, p. 69.