The Piazzetta
1880
Artist, American, 1834 - 1903
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and drypoint on laid paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Watson Webb in memory of Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer
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Dimensions
plate: 25.72 x 18.1 cm (10 1/8 x 7 1/8 in.)
sheet (includes tab with signature): 26.35 x 18.1 cm (10 3/8 x 7 1/8 in.) -
Accession
1942.15.7
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Catalogue Raisonné
MacDonald 2012, no. 218
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Collection of Mr. James Watson Webb [1884-1960] and Mrs. Electra Havemeyer Webb [1888-1960], Los Angeles and Vermont; gift to NGA 1942.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1995
Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.
Bibliography
1910
Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 189, iii/v.
2012
MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012: no. 218.
Inscriptions
on plate: [ butterfly]; lower left on the verso [Whistler (upside down)]; on tab: [butterfly imp. 1886/1887]
Watermarks
WW countermark
Wikidata ID
Q64958839