Rio di San Salvatore, Venice
painter
John Singer Sargent
(Florence, 1856 - 1925, London)
Date1906-1911
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumWatercolor on paper
Dimensions25.1 x 35.5 cm (9 7/8 x 14 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP11e14
eMuseum ID723613
EmbARK ObjectID10879
TMS Source ID145
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 75. (as "Rio Delle Due Torri, Venice")
David McKibbin. "Sargent's Water-Colours of Venice at Fenway Court." Fenway Court (1970), pp. 19-25, fig 8.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 230-31.
Elizabeth Anne McCauley et al. Gondola Days: Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Palazzo Barbaro Circle. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2004), p. 172, fig. 123.
David McKibbin. "Sargent's Water-Colours of Venice at Fenway Court." Fenway Court (1970), pp. 19-25, fig 8.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 230-31.
Elizabeth Anne McCauley et al. Gondola Days: Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Palazzo Barbaro Circle. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2004), p. 172, fig. 123.
MarksNotesSigned (upper right): John S. Sargent
ProvenanceNotesPresumably a gift from John Singer Sargent to Mrs. Henry Seymour Trower (Juliet Rosetta Salomons).
Purchased by the art dealer David Croal Thomson (1855–1930) of Barbizon House, London from the Trower auction, Sotheby's, 20 July 1921, lot 196. (as "A Side Canal, Venice")
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Frank W. Bayley, Copley Gallery, Boston on 24 October 1923 for $2,500.
Purchased by the art dealer David Croal Thomson (1855–1930) of Barbizon House, London from the Trower auction, Sotheby's, 20 July 1921, lot 196. (as "A Side Canal, Venice")
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Frank W. Bayley, Copley Gallery, Boston on 24 October 1923 for $2,500.
