A Canal, Venice
1800–1870
Medium
graphite and watercolor, heightened with white on buff paper
Dimensions
{"sheet":{"height":0.431,"width":0.297},"image":{"height":0.431,"width":0.297},"primary mount":{"height":0.472,"width":0.338},"secondary mount":{"height":0.497,"width":0.364}}
Classification
Drawing
Department
Drawings
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd in honor of the Swetland family
Accession Number
2021.109
Tags
About this artwork
Venice was one of the primary subjects of the British artist James Holland, and his works satisfied the 19th-century popular imagination of a romantic Venice, with its sun-kissed buildings, gondolas, and quaint bridges. The present sheet was executed during a trip to Venice in 1857. Holland worked on a buff-colored sheet of paper, sketching the composition in graphite, and then painting with watercolor in rust, pink, grey, and aqua, and light blue and white opaque watercolors. The unfinished sec...