Marina Piccola, Capri

c. 1858

William Stanley Haseltine

Associated Names
William Stanley Haseltine

Artist, American, 1835 - 1900

This painting shows a coastal scene with wooden rowboats on a sandy, rocky shore. A white cloth and several ropes rest on the boat in the center, and two other boats are in a row behind it. On the left, brown stone structures are partially visible, with one in the background appearing to have been carved out of a rocky formation. A small figure is visible atop this structure, tending to what may be a clothesline. The rocks stretch across the painting, with some areas of bright, green-blue ocean visible around them. Small boats appear to sail on the water far in the distance. The light blue sky dominates the upper half of the painting, filled with puffy white clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on paper on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Helen Haseltine Plowden

  • Dimensions

    overall (paper support): 30.5 x 47 cm (12 x 18 1/2 in.)
    overall (fabric support): 31.7 x 48 cm (12 1/2 x 18 7/8 in.)
    framed: 48.9 x 65.4 x 10.2 cm (19 1/4 x 25 3/4 x 4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1953.10.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist; his estate, Palazzo Altieri, Rome, until c. 1930; his daughter, Helen Haseltine Plowden [Mrs. Roger Plowden], New York; gift 1953 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1980

  • American Light: The Luminist Movement, 1850-1875, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1980, 27, fig. 16.

1992

  • The Lure of Italy: American Artists and the Italian Experience, 1760-1914, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Cleveland Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1992-1993, no. 60, 293-294, repro.

Bibliography

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 64, repro.

1980

  • Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1980: 26, repro.

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 171, repro.

1981

  • Williams, William James. A Heritage of American Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1981: 122, repro., 123.

1988

  • Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. Rev. ed. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1988: 104, repro.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 195, repro.

  • Simpson, Marc, Andrea Henderson, and Sally Mills. Expressions of Place: The Art of William Stanley Haseltine. Exh. cat. M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco; Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. San Francisco, 1992: repro.

1996

  • Kelly, Franklin, with Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., Deborah Chotner, and John Davis. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1996: 272-274, color repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20188399

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