The Rialto, Venice

1883

Frank Duveneck

Associated Names
Frank Duveneck

Artist, American, 1848 - 1919

The image features a canal scene with a focus on an arch bridge across the water. The perspective is from the canal's edge, facing the bridge. There are figures on the bridge and moored boats near the viewer. The artwork is done with fine, detailed brushstrokes resembling an etching style. The colors are sepia tones, and the background shows city structures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John W. Beatty, Jr.

  • Dimensions

    image: 26.35 × 44.45 cm (10 3/8 × 17 1/2 in.)
    plate: 28.58 × 49.85 cm (11 1/4 × 19 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 37.47 × 58.1 cm (14 3/4 × 22 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.4.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Poole 1938, no. 23

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John W. Beatty, Jr., Homewood, PA; gift ot NGA, 1964

Associated Names

Bibliography

1938

  • Poole, Emily. "Catalogue of the Etchings of Frank Duveneck." _The Print Collector's Quarterly, vol. 25, 1938: 457, no. 23.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: F Duveneck

Markings

stamped on verso in black ink: LJR / National Gallery of Art [twice]

Watermarks

ARCHES

Wikidata ID

Q65508438

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