Riva degli Schiavoni, No. 2

1880

Frank Duveneck

Associated Names
Frank Duveneck

Artist, American, 1848 - 1919

Robert Dunthorne

Publisher, British, 1881 - 1930s

The image depicts a harbor scene viewed from an elevated perspective. The scene includes a busy quay and sailboats docked by the water. Buildings and ships line the waterfront with sailboat masts reaching upwards. The artwork is detailed with fine lines, portraying people and ships. The color palette is monochromatic using varying shades of black. Figures are seen interacting in the foreground, with harbor structures and vessels behind them. Architectural details are visible in the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and roulette in black with chine collé on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 33.34 × 21.91 cm (13 1/8 × 8 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 47.94 × 34.29 cm (18 7/8 × 13 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3701

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Poole 1938, no. 13

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA, 1928; gift to NGA, 1943

Associated Names

Bibliography

1938

  • Poole, Emily. "Catalogue of the Etchings of Frank Duveneck." _The Print Collector's Quarterly, vol. 25, 1938: 451, no. 12.

Inscriptions

signed lower left in plate: FD [monogram, F backwards] Venice / 1880; lower right in graphite: F. Duveneck

Markings

stamped center verso in black ink: LJR / National Gallery of Art

Wikidata ID

Q64956821

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