The Bridge of Sighs (No. 2), Venice
Artist
Frank Duveneck
(American, 1848-1919)
Date1885
MediumEtching on Whatman paper
DimensionsOverall: 17 × 11 5/8in. (43.2 × 29.5cm)
Image: 11 7/8 × 8 5/8in. (30.2 × 21.9cm)
Image: 11 7/8 × 8 5/8in. (30.2 × 21.9cm)
ClassificationsPRINTS
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Terms
Object number90.58
DescriptionEarly proofs issued on both Whatman and Rives paper. State of print: Poole ii/ii published in London in 1885 by Rob. DonthorneOn View
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Label TextThis print was made three years after Duveneck met Whistler in Venice. Among the group of American artists who made Whistler-styled prints, Duveneck most thoroughly explored the pictorial potential of Whistler's preoccupation with the canals of Venice. It is more vigorously etched, however, than any of Whistler's delicately rendered designs, and is larger in size as well.
Paul D. Schweizer
