San Giorgio

San Giorgio

Item Information

Title:
San Giorgio
Description:
Moored to a cluster of posts near a quay at the right are two large boats, alongside of which is a man in a small boat. Astern there is also a man in a boat, and an empty boat lies alongside the quay in front. In the wide water beyond are numerous boats, each with two slender masts. In the distance is a long row of buildings, stretching from right to left. Behind a long white steamer rise the façade, dome, and campanile of the church of San Giorgio.
Artist:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Date:
[1879–1880] (created)
[1886] (issued)
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Marine prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Subjects:
Boats
Waterfronts
Churches
San Giorgio maggiore (Church : Venice, Italy)
Places:
Italy > Venetan (region) > Venezia (province) > Venice
Church of San Giorgio Maggiore
Extent:
1 print : etching ; sheet 22 x 31 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076p79x
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 201
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):
Third state of four.
A few slightly undulating lines are in the sky (R. M. Hoe).
Identifier:
17_14_000159
W. 312 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666000185914