The Riva, One of the 'Twelve Etchings,' or the 'First Venice Set' / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.378
- Title
- The Riva, One of the 'Twelve Etchings,' or the 'First Venice Set'
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- etching, printed in black ink on wove paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1879-1880
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- On the plate, u.l.: Butterfly monogram
- Dimensions
- 22.9 cm x 33.2 cm (9 in. x 13 1/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- A view of a city along the edge of water sweeps from the foreground towards the right in the distance. Along quays, bridges and promenades can be seen groupoings of people walking and in conversation. Boats populate the water's edge: smaller boats in the foreground, larger multi-masted ships in the distance.
- Subject Matter
- When Whistler first arrived in Venice, he took rooms in the Palazzo Rezzonico on the Grand Canal. Those rooms proved too expensive and after Otto Henry Bacher and Frank Duveneck arrived in Venice Whistler and Maud moved to rooms near San Biagio at the Casa Jankovitz, just off the Riva degli Schiavoni. Seen in reverse, this view looks up the Riva towards St. Marks, the domes and campanile tower of which are visible at the far right.
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- cityscapes
- europe
- flat-bottomed watercraft
- geography
- italy
- locality
- monohulls
- objects we use
- ships
- study
- the natural world
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by form
- watercraft by sectional form
- watercraft by specific type
- waterscapes
- Rights
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1361 x 955
- File Size
- 142 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.378
- Link to this Item
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"The Riva, One of the 'Twelve Etchings,' or the 'First Venice Set'; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.378/1954_1.378.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
