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Venice, Evening
(18th and 19th Centuries )
A painter of cityscapes, landscapes, Orientalist views, and still lifes in both oil and watercolor, he was exceptionally popular among the aristocracy and middle classes who collected art in the mid-19th century. He holds the honor of being the first living artist whose work was accepted into the Louvre, in 1910. Since then, his contributions to the development of modern art have been eclipsed by members of the canonical avant-garde, and his name has fallen into obscurity.
In this view of Venice, the reflections off the water, the filmy atmosphere, the network of masts, and the light gently playing across the surface of the distant architecture demonstrate the artist's concern for the poetics of space.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. Walters, Baltimore, before 1879, by purchase [from the artist]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2005-2006 | The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma. |
| 1992-1993 | Italian Vistas: Selections from the Permanent Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1992 | French Masterworks on Paper. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1988 | Artists as Travellers. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1979 | A Supple Brush: The Flowering of Continental Watercolors. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1977-1978 | From Delacroix to Cézanne: French Watercolor Landscapes of the Nineteenth Century. Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park; Speed Art Museum, Louisville; The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 2/10/1977 | Examination | examined for loan |
| 5/21/1979 | Examination | examined for exhibition |
| 1/1/2002 | Treatment | examined for exhibition; cleaned; re-housed; mounted; other |
Geographies
France (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 8 3/4 x W: 12 7/8 in. (22.2 x 32.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters, before 1879
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.942