Santa Maria della Fava
Item Information
- Title:
- Santa Maria della Fava
- Title (alt.):
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La Fava
- Description:
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The façade of the church of Santa Maria della Fava by moonlight. On the pavement in front people are arriving by gondola and passing into the church. (The upper portion of the plate is etched; the gondola with its two figures and the reflection on the water are in drypoint.)
- Artist:
- McBey, James, 1883-1959
- Name on Item:
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James McBey
- Date:
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1925–1926
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
Drypoints
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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James McBey (1883-1959). Prints and Drawings
- Subjects:
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Churches
Chiesa di S. Maria della consolazione (Venice, Italy)
- Places:
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Italy > Venetan (region) > Venezia (province) > Venice
Santa Maria della Fava
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching and drypoint ; plate mark 33 x 22 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p84190078
- Terms of Use:
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Copyright (c) James McBey
All rights reserved.
- Notes:
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Title from catalogue raisonné.
Alternative title(s) from item or from accompanying material.
Hardie and Carter: H. 234
Additional information accompanying item: Additional drypoint work in shadows below two figures at left.
- Notes (date):
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Date from item or from accompanying material.
Etched in 1925.
- Notes (citation):
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Hardie, Martin, and Charles Carter. "The etchings and drypoints of James McBey (1883-1959)." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1997, San Francisco.
- Notes (object):
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Trial proof (6). Further drypoint along the edge of the quay to left of the gondola.
- Identifier:
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17_06_000458
W. 2431 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000193694
