Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, at Sunset

1865/1884

Edward Lear

Artist, British, 1812 - 1888

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 11.9 × 17.7 cm (4 11/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2009.70.152


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(JS Maas & Co. Ltd., London, by 1962); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1964; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1962

  • Christmas Exhibition. J.S. Maas & Co. Ltd., London, 1962, no. 69

2012

  • The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012, 124-125, no. 51 (entry by Lars Kokkonen).

2014

  • The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 133.

Bibliography

2012

  • The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 124-125.

Inscriptions

by artist, lower left with tip of the brush in purple watercolor: EL (intertwined)

Wikidata ID

Q64557573


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