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Source Description
Perry, a Boston painter, trained abroad in Düsseldorf and Paris. He resided in Rome between 1856 and 1858 and served as the U.S. Consul in Venice from 1862 to 1866.Looking across the Grand Canal one sees the cupola of the church of Santa Maria della Salute.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
20838
label
Venice, the Grand Canal at Night
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
20838
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Venice, the Grand Canal at Night
description
Perry, a Boston painter, trained abroad in Düsseldorf and Paris. He resided in Rome between 1856 and 1858 and served as the U.S. Consul in Venice from 1862 to 1866.Looking across the Grand Canal one sees the cupola of the church of Santa Maria della Salute.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1858 or 1859
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
drawings (visual works)
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
11.1
height
16.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 3/8 × W: 6 3/8 in. (11.1 × 16.2 cm); Mat Size H: 14 1/4 × W: 19 1/4 in. (36.2 × 48.9 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Lower left: E.W. Perry; [Date] Lower left
cut off but appears to be '58 or '59
med
pencil on paper
creator_ids
5745
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
429
3271
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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13166ed80b38f796
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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1e0743e1992fb020
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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ff6194358c3c2770
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no
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no