Rialtobrug in Venetië, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 1879 - 1880

Title(s)

Rialtobrug in Venetië
The Rialto
A set of twenty-six etchings (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1965-691

Catalogue reference

• Kennedy 211-2(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature: ‘JW imp’
• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Description

Gezicht op de druk bewandelde opgang van de Rialtobrug, met daarachter de toren van de San Giovanni Elemosinario zichtbaar.

Artist

• print maker: James Abbott McNeill Whistler (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
• printer: James Abbott McNeill Whistler (mentioned on object)

Dating

1879 - 1880

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 293 mm × width 200 mm

What

• bridge in city with structures, i.e. shops, houses, e.g. Ponte Vecchio in Florence

Where

• Rialtobrug

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1965

Copyright

Public domain

• James McNeill Whistler [ : 1 1994], Nicolai Cikovsky (jr.), Richard Dorment, Margaret F. MacDonald, p. 180, cat.nr. 100
• The etched work of Whistler, Edward G. Kennedy, p. 94, cat.nr. 211-2(2)