The Fish Market, Venice - No. 2

1915

Sir Muirhead Bone

Associated Names
Muirhead Bone

Artist, Scottish, 1876 - 1953

This is a drawing of an interior market scene with vaulted ceilings and several marble columns. The drawing depicts a long hall with tall, ornate columns supporting a high, arching ceiling. Sunlight streams in from the left through arched openings. The space is bustling with activity, as various individuals engage in the buying and selling of goods displayed on long tables that stretch down the corridor. The atmosphere is vibrant, with detailed textures and shadows created by the architecture and interplay of light and dark. The overall composition emphasizes the grandeur and lively activity within a traditional marketplace setting.
This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 27 × 40.3 cm (10 5/8 × 15 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2034

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dodgson 1930, no. 344, State vii/xiii


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1930

  • Drawings, Etchings, Lithographs by Muirhead Bone, The Print Club of Philadelphia, 1930, no. 57 (as "Fishmarket, Marseilles").

Bibliography

1948

  • Dodgson, Campbell, and Harold J. Wright. Etchings and Dry-Points by Muirhead Bone, 1898-1939. London: unpublished manuscript (Obach & Co.; P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.), c. 1948, no.

Wikidata ID

Q64962156

You may be interested in

Loading Results