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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1974.48
People
Félix François Georges Philibert Ziem, French (Beaune France 1821 - 1911 Paris France)
Title
View of the Lagoon, Venice
Other Titles
Alternate Title: View of Venice / Venice, Fishing Boat / Venice, Barque de Peche
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/226698

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
29.5 x 51 cm (11 5/8 x 20 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r.: Ziem
  • inscription: on back of panel, in graphite: Casse no. 2
  • inscription: on back of panel, in graphite: 13
  • inscription: on back of panel, in white chalk: 13
  • label: on back of panel, handwritten in red: 1328
  • label: on back of panel, printed in black: 17.171
  • label: on back of panel, typewritten label: "Venice, barque de pêche" / by F. Ziem
  • inscription: on back of frame, in white chalk: ZIEM
  • inscription: on back of frame, in white chalk: 14
  • inscription: on back of frame: S[V?]N P[ ]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Louise S. Stewart, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1974

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Louise S. Stewart in memory of her son, Robert Boone Stewart, Class of 1943
Accession Year
1974
Object Number
1974.48
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Pierre Miquel, Felix Ziem: 1821-1911, Editions de la Martinelle (Maurs-la-Jolie, 1978), vol. 2, no. 291, p. 80, repr. in b/w
  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990)

Verification Level

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