The Grand Canal with Santa Maria della Salute
painter
Francis Hopkinson Smith
(Baltimore, 1838 - 1915, New York)
Date1892-1894
Place MadeUnited States, North America
MediumPencil and watercolor on cardboard
Dimensions32 x 59 cm (12 5/8 x 23 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP11n35
eMuseum ID721270
EmbARK ObjectID10889
TMS Source ID155
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. 72.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 240.
Margaretta M. Lovell. A Visitable Past: Views of Venice by American Artists 1860-1915 (Chicago, 1988), p. 30, fig. 30.
Elizabeth Anne McCauley et al. Gondola Days: Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Palazzo Barbaro Circle. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; Venice: Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, 2004), pp. 155, 157, fig. 108.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 240.
Margaretta M. Lovell. A Visitable Past: Views of Venice by American Artists 1860-1915 (Chicago, 1988), p. 30, fig. 30.
Elizabeth Anne McCauley et al. Gondola Days: Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Palazzo Barbaro Circle. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; Venice: Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, 2004), pp. 155, 157, fig. 108.
MarksNotesSigned (lower right): F. Hopkinson Smith
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealers Doll & Richards, Boston on 11 February 1892 for $350. (as "A Sunny Corner in Venice")
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