Riva degli Schiavoni, No. 2
1880
Medium
Graphic Arts-Print
Classification
Graphic Arts-Print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase
Accession Number
1978.14
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About this artwork
The Riva degli Schiavoni, pictured in several paintings and prints in this exhibition, was the de facto front porch for Venice: a wide promenade offering views across the lagoon toward the Adriatic Sea. Increased tourism spurred the conversion of many of the Riva's waterfront tenements into guest houses and elegant hotels. James Whistler, Frank Duveneck, and several of their comrades found affordable rooms here at Casa Jankowitz. From its upper rooms, they made scores of drawings, prints, and pa...
About the Artist
Frank Duveneck
Frank Duveneck (1848–1919) was an American painter, etcher, and teacher whose dark, bravura style made him one of the most celebrated and influential American artists of the late nineteenth century. Born in Covington, Kentucky, he showed early artistic promise and eventually made his way to Munich, where he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts under Wilhelm von Diez. Munich's artistic culture...