Palaces on the Grand Canal in Venice

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Associated Names
Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Artist, British, 1821 - 1906

The image shows an aerial view overlooking a series of architectural structures. There is a larger, more detailed building on the left with smaller, less detailed structures on the right. The painting features loose, impressionistic brushstrokes with a warm color palette dominated by beige, blues, and hints of red.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and gouache with white heightening over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 18.4 x 24.4 cm (7 1/4 x 9 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.53

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Arthur Haley; (Brian Sewell, London, as The Grand Canal, Venice); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1981; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 166 (color).

Inscriptions

by artist, lower right in [?]: HBB

Wikidata ID

Q64574122

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