The palaces

The palaces

Item Information

Title:
The palaces
Description:
In the center, seen across a wide canal, is a large palace of Venetian Gothic with two doorways. Above the larger doorway is a row of round-arched windows, below a balcony of elaborate design. Adjoining at the right is a smaller palace, similar in style, with a single doorway, above which are two balconies. At the extreme right is an iron gateway, beyond which are tall buildings. At the left is a traghetto, in front of a piazza bordered with buildings. About the traghetto and in front of both palaces are numerous gondolas.
Artist:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Date:
[1879–1880]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Subjects:
Castles & palaces
Places:
Italy > Venetan (region) > Venezia (province) > Venice
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 26 x 36 cm
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 187
Additional information accompanying item: One of "Venice, a Series of Twelve Etchings" published in 1880.
Notes (acquisition):
Knoedler, August 1923
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger based on artist's dates of work in Venice.
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Kennedy, Edward G. (Edward Guthrie). "The etched work of Whistler ; compiled, arranged and described by Edward G. Kennedy, with an introduction by Royal Cortissoz." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978, San Francisco.
Notes (object):
Second state of three.
There are two figures in the central doorway, against a dark background, and the man with the large hat appears at the left. There are five series of short broken lines in the water at right, and slight additional shading on the gondolas and their reflections. The butterfly is at upper left (H. Whittemore).
Identifier:
17_14_000183
W. 990 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666000188595