The Rialto

The Rialto

Item Information

Title:
The Rialto
Description:
Between high buildings with many awnings, a broad street leads up to the Rialto bridge. Beyond rises the ancient tower of San Giovanni Elemosinario. Above the awning on the corner building at the right is the sign, "Vendita Carname." In the street and on the bridge there are many people. There is no butterfly.
Artist:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Date:
[1879–1880] (created)
[1886] (issued)
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Subjects:
Commercial streets
City & town life
Churches
Towers
Places:
Italy > Venetan (region) > Venezia (province) > Venice
Extent:
1 print : etching ; sheet 31 x 20 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. 211
Handwritten on item: One of twenty-six etchings, 2nd Venetian set
Notes (ownership):
From the H. Whittemore Collection.
Notes (date):
Dates supplied by cataloger based on artist's dates of work in Venice and publication of the material.
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 two.
The foul biting and faint figures have been erased. Not reproduced.
Identifier:
17_14_000163
W. 307 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666000185955