Riva degli Schiavone, No. 1

1880

Frank Duveneck

Associated Names
Frank Duveneck

Artist, American, 1848 - 1919

Frederick Goulding

Printer, British, 1842 - 1909

This image depicts a busy port scene observed from an elevated angle. The quay is shown with people engaged in various activities on the cobblestone surface. Several ships are docked along the water, and buildings line the horizon, suggesting a coastal city. The print features fine, detailed lines that create texture and intricate details in architecture and human figures. The color palette is monochromatic with a contrast between dark lines and lighter spaces.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(M. Knoedler and Company, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1983

  • Sargent's Contemporaries, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1983, no. 10

2003

  • Whistler and His Circle in Venice, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2003, p. 122, no. 90, repro

Bibliography

1938

  • Poole, Emily. "Catalogue of the Etchings of Frank Duveneck." _The Print Collector's Quarterly, vol. 25, 1938: 455, no. 19.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: FD [monogram, F backwards]; lower left in graphite: Coll F. Goulding, imp; lower right in graphite: Etched by Duveneck; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: X-984 -2370-; lower center edge in graphite by unknown hand: Etched by Frank Duveneck; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: 57 [circled]; lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: from the F. Goulding Collection - proof signed by him -; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 2860 [underlined]

Watermarks

[Fleur-de-lis over a shield with bend, located in the center of the sheet]

Wikidata ID

Q77008946

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