Upright Venice |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46851) | |
| Number: | 232 | |
| Date: | 1879-1880 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 255 x 180 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at lower left (3-final) | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | 'Second Venice Set', 1886 | |
| No. of States: | 7 | |
| Known impressions: | 39 | |
| Catalogues: | K.205; M.202; W.172 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (39) | ||
KEYWORD
church, city, lagoon, gondola, panorama, people, sailing ship, sea, steamer.
TITLE
It has always been known by the same title, as for example:
'Upright Venice' (1883, FAS). 2
'Upright Venice' (1886, Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921)). 3
'Venise. Planche en hauteur'. - '(Upright Venice)' (1905, Paris Memorial) 4
'Upright Venice' (1883, FAS). 2
'Upright Venice' (1886, Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921)). 3
'Venise. Planche en hauteur'. - '(Upright Venice)' (1905, Paris Memorial) 4
2: London FAS 1883 (cat. no. 19).
3: Wedmore 1886 A (cat. no. 172).
4: Paris Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 370).
DESCRIPTION
At the top is a view of Venice under a cloudy sky, with the domes of the church of Santa Maria della Salute, on the Grand Canal, to left of centre. On the water of the bay are gondolas, and there are a few boats under sail at the right; a three-masted steamship - possibly a P.& O. steamer - lies at anchor in the Bacino on the left. For later additions, see STATES.
SITE
Venice, Italy. Whistler moved into the Casa Jankowitz on the Riva San Biagio, which is now the Pensione Bucintoro at No. 2135 Castello. There he joined several American art students, followers of Frank Duveneck (1848-1919), including Otto Henry Bacher (1856-1909) and Robert Frederick Blum (1857-1903). His room looked across the lagoon to left, and the Riva degli Schiavoni to right. Immediately in front was the Campo San Biagio, which is in the foreground in this etching. The view to the west is dominated by the domes of Santa Maria della Salute. As usual the view is reversed in the print, so that Santa Maria della Salute appears at left and the Giudecca to right.
Whistler made several studies of the view - particularly at sunset - including the pastels Venetian scene [m0744], The Brown Morning - Winter [m0746], Sunset; red and gold - Salute [m0810], Salute - Sundown [m0809] and r.: Venice: Sunset; v.: Bead-stringers [m0812]. 5
Whistler made several studies of the view - particularly at sunset - including the pastels Venetian scene [m0744], The Brown Morning - Winter [m0746], Sunset; red and gold - Salute [m0810], Salute - Sundown [m0809] and r.: Venice: Sunset; v.: Bead-stringers [m0812]. 5
5: Grieve 2000, pp.112-117.