Boston Public LibraryJames McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings / American Artists
Ponte del Piovan
Item Information
- Title:
- Ponte del Piovan
- Description:
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Spanning a narrow canal is a bridge of masonry supported by timber-work, beyond which, on either side, rise tall buildings. In the background is a large house with a balcony projecting above a low roof. Through the arch of the bridge is seen an arcade opening on the canal. On the wall of a low building at the right is the sign, "Ponte del Piovan detto del Volto." Figures appear on the bridge and behind a parapet on the canal, near the entrance to the arcade. There are reflections in the canal. The butterfly, shaded, is on the bridge masonry, at the right.
- Artist:
- Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
- Date:
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[1879–1880]
(created)
[1886] (issued)
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
- Subjects:
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Houses
Bridges
Canals
- Places:
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Italy > Venetan (region) > Venezia (province) > Venice
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching ; sheet 24 x 16 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076p852
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Notes:
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Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 209
Handwritten on item: One of twenty-six etchings, second Venetian set
- Notes (date):
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Dates supplied by cataloger based on artist's dates of work in Venice and publication of the material.
This date is inferred.
- Notes (citation):
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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):
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There are longer lines on the corner of the window [just above the bridge, at left], and new vertical lines, at centre and right, in the reflection of the arch.
- Identifier:
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17_14_000162
W. 304 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000185948
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