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Venice, the Grand Canal at Night
Enoch Wood Perry Jr.1858 or 1859
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
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.
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Details
- Title: Venice, the Grand Canal at Night
- Creator: Enoch Wood Perry (American, 1831-1915)
- Date Created: 1858 or 1859
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Artist: Enoch Wood Perry (American, 1831-1915)
- Provenance: William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
- Object Type: drawings
- Medium: pencil on paper
- Inscriptions: [Signature] Lower left: E.W. Perry; [Date] Lower left, cut off but appears to be '58 or '59
- Exhibitions: American Artists Abroad: Works from the Permanent Collection . The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2014., Italian Vistas: Selections from the Permanent Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1992-1993.
- Dimensions: H: 4 3/8 x W: 6 3/8 in. (11.1 x 16.2 cm); Mat Size H: 14 1/4 x W: 19 1/4 in. (36.2 x 48.9 cm)
- Credit Line: Acquired by William T. Walters
- Classification: Painting & Drawing
- Accession Number: 37.1571
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