A Venetian Lagoon
1871/1874
Medium
pen and brown ink with watercolor and gouache over graphite, with white heightening, on blue-gray wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 36.5 × 55.9 cm (14 3/8 × 22 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1968.12.1
Art Historical Context
William Stanley Haseltine's *A Venetian Lagoon* (1871/1874) captures the serene beauty of Venice's shimmering waterways, a subject that captivated 19th-century American artists traveling abroad. Haseltine, a prominent member of the Hudson River School second generation, was renowned for his luminous landscapes and precise renderings of coastal scenes. This drawing reflects his European sojourns, where he meticulously documented Italy's dramatic light and atmospheric effects, blending Romantic reverence for nature with emerging realist precision. Executed on blue-gray wove paper, the work empl...
About the Artist
William Stanley Haseltine
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