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Venice

ca. 1903
Not on view
Between 1898 and 1913 Sargent visited Venice almost every year, attracted by a community of friends and colleagues who gathered there and by the city’s scenic possibilities. In Sargent’s image of Venice at dusk, details are obscured and forms are softened by the fading light, suggested by broadly applied, fluid pigments. Pools of color, accented by curving brushstrokes, evoke the gentle undulation of the murky water of the canal. Contemporary travel accounts often describe the beauty and melancholy of the city at night. One author opines, "Venice viewed by moonlight is, and will always remain, so long as one stone is left standing upon another, a fairy tale woven with glorious color."

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Venice
  • Artist: John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856–1925 London)
  • Date: ca. 1903
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper
  • Dimensions: 9 7/8 x 13 13/16 in. (25.1 x 35.1 cm)
    Mat: 16 × 22 in. (40.6 × 55.9 cm)
    Framed (standard exhibition frame): 18 1/4 × 24 1/4 × 1 1/8 in. (46.4 × 61.6 × 2.9 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Francis Ormond, 1950
  • Object Number: 50.130.37
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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