San Giorgio, One of the 'Twenty-six Etchings,' or the 'Second Venice Set' / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.386
- Title
- San Giorgio, One of the 'Twenty-six Etchings,' or the 'Second Venice Set'
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- etching, printed in dark brown ink on laid paper, trimmed to platemark
- Object Creation Date
- 1879-1880
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- On the plate, l.l.: butterfly Signed, in pencil, on tab: butterfly and "imp."
- Dimensions
- 20.9 cm x 30.5 cm (8 1/4 in. x 12 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- Ships at anchor in a lagoon is the focus of this image. Smaller boats are tied to the quay in the foreground and along the horizon line is a cityscape, leading to a large church at the left, with an impressive facade, dome and bell tower behind. A large ship is moored between the viewer and the church. Much of the foreground is occupied by water without boats, leaving the elements of the composition largely in the middle distance.
- Subject Matter
- The subject of the "Nocturne" from the "First Venice Set" is seen here in a daytime view. The Palladian church of San Giorgio Maggiore sits on an island in the Venetian lagoon opposite the Doges Palace, making it one of the principal attractions in central Venice. Whistler usually shied away from depicting the major monuments of Venice, and when he did he often showed the site from an unusual vantage point; in this instance he restricted himself to allowing the reversal typical in etching to suffice in providing a different view of the famous church.
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- churches
- cityscapes
- europe
- italy
- locality
- places of worship
- ships
- the natural world
- waterscapes
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1351 x 961
- File Size
- 107 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.386
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"San Giorgio, One of the 'Twenty-six Etchings,' or the 'Second 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-1.386/1954_1.386.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 03, 2024.
