San Giorgio dei Greci, Seen from an Arcade

1824/1829

Samuel Prout

Associated Names
Samuel Prout

Artist, British, 1783 - 1852

The image shows a view through an archway, with columns framing a canal and a bridge. People in period clothing are scattered along the canal, and a man is rowing a boat. Historic buildings line the canal, and a bell tower with a dome and cross is visible in the distance. The sky is clear with wisps of clouds. The color palette includes browns, grays, pinks, blues, and vibrant blue water. Brushstrokes convey movement and energy.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink and pen and gray ink over graphite, with watercolor and gouache, touched with gum arabic, on medium wove paper

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 42.3 × 27.5 cm (16 5/8 × 10 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.98.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Murray III, London (1808 - 1892); by descent; (Guy Peppiatt Fine Art Ltd, London); purchased by NGA, 2013.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 126.

2023

  • Drawing in Britain, 1700 - 1900: New Additions to the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.

Bibliography

2013

  • Peppiatt, Guy. British Drawings and Watercolours, 2013. London, 2013: no. 23.

Inscriptions

lower left on stone block in pen and brown ink: S Prout; lower right in column: BIERO / PIETRO / V 5 13099 / [a pair of spectacles]

Wikidata ID

Q64630409

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