Constantinople

1863

34.3 cm 23.7 cm

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In his view of Venice (Walters 37.942), Ziem included an artist in a gondola before his easel-a testament of sorts to the idea of fidelity to nature. Ziem was known to have maintained such a "floating studio," leading some scholars to identify him as a proto-impressionist. But...

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Commissioned by William T. Walters (through George A. Lucas as agent), Baltimore, September 21, 1863 [1]; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] The Diary of George A. Lucas, p. 162.
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