Object details
Accession number
P3w7
Primary Creator
Francis Edward James
(Willingdon, East Sussex, 1849 - 1920, Great Torrington, Devon)
Full title
Santa Maria della Salute from the Giudecca, Venice
Creation Date
before 1915
Provenance
Probably gift from the artist Francis Edward James (1849-1920) to Isabella Stewart Gardner by 1915.
Marks
Inscribed (verso): Painted by Francis E. James of England
Dimensions
17 x 24 cm (6 11/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Display Media
Watercolor on paper
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Blue Room
Bibliography
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 193.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 31.
David McKibbin. "Sargent's Water-Colours of Venice at Fenway Court." Fenway Court (1970), p. 20.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 126, ill.
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