The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Venice dates from 1880, but was signed later.

Venice, private collection

This pastel is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 816).

Images

Subject

Site

Venice, private collection

Venice, Italy. Santa Maria della Salute is in the centre, and the Doge's Palace to right, in the distance.

Technique

Technique

Venice, private collection

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 816).

History

Provenance

• 1880: said to have been given to Katherine Colman de Kay (Mrs Arthur Bronson) (1834-1901) in Italy;
• 1901-1983: passed by family descent to a private collector;
• 1983: sold at auction, Christie's, New York, 3 June 1983 (lot 104, repr.) as 'View of Venice.'

Exhibitions

No exhibition in Whistler's lifetime has been identified.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 816) as 'Venice'.