The Lagoon, Venice
artist
John Henry Twachtman
(Cincinnati, 1853 - 1902, Gloucester, Massachusetts)
Date1885
Place MadeUnited States, North America
MediumPastel on paper
Dimensions34 x 40 cm (13 3/8 x 15 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP11s34
eMuseum ID720671
EmbARK ObjectID10898
TMS Source ID164
Last Updated10/29/24
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.
BibliographyNotesPhilip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 384.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 69.
John Douglass Hale. The Life and Creative Development of John H. Twachtman, vol. 1. Phd. Diss. (Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University, 1957), p. 593, no. 1044.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 266, ill.
Karen Haas in Theodore E. Stebbins et al. The Lure of Italy: American Artists and the Italian Experience, 1760-1914. Exh. cat. (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1992), pp. 418-19, no. 122. (as 1885?)
Lisa N. Peters. "John H. Twachtman: A 'Modern' in Venice, 1877-1878" in Irma B. Jaffe (ed.). The Italian Presence in American Art, 1860-1920 (New York, 1992), pp. 76-77, pl. 47. (as about 1885)
Lisa N. Peters. John Twachtman (1853-1902) and the American Scene in the Late Nineteenth Century: The Frontier within the Familiar. PhD Diss. (New York: City University of New York, 1995), pp. xxvi, 212, 741.
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. 264-65, 276, fig. 215. (as 1885)
Eliza Butler. "John Henry Twachtman and the Materiality of Snow" (Chicago: American Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Fall 2019), pp. 78, fig. 4.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 69.
John Douglass Hale. The Life and Creative Development of John H. Twachtman, vol. 1. Phd. Diss. (Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University, 1957), p. 593, no. 1044.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 266, ill.
Karen Haas in Theodore E. Stebbins et al. The Lure of Italy: American Artists and the Italian Experience, 1760-1914. Exh. cat. (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1992), pp. 418-19, no. 122. (as 1885?)
Lisa N. Peters. "John H. Twachtman: A 'Modern' in Venice, 1877-1878" in Irma B. Jaffe (ed.). The Italian Presence in American Art, 1860-1920 (New York, 1992), pp. 76-77, pl. 47. (as about 1885)
Lisa N. Peters. John Twachtman (1853-1902) and the American Scene in the Late Nineteenth Century: The Frontier within the Familiar. PhD Diss. (New York: City University of New York, 1995), pp. xxvi, 212, 741.
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. 264-65, 276, fig. 215. (as 1885)
Eliza Butler. "John Henry Twachtman and the Materiality of Snow" (Chicago: American Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Fall 2019), pp. 78, fig. 4.
MarksNotesInscribed (lower left): J.H. Twachtman –
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
