Harvard Art Museums > M12102: The Piazzetta Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Piazzetta (James Abbott McNeill Whistler) , M12102,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/303845. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M12102 People James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England) Title The Piazzetta Other Titles Series/Book Title: Venice, a Series of Twelve Etchings, 1881 (First Venice Set) Classification Prints Work Type print Date c. 1879 - 1880 Places Creation Place: North America, United States Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/303845 Physical Descriptions Medium Etching and drypoint printed with plate tone in brownish-black ink on off-white antique laid paper Technique Etching and drypoint Dimensions sheet: 25.6 x 18 cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: butterfly tab collector's mark: verso, below center,sepia ink, stamped in bown ink: BROOLYN MUSEUM / BROOKLYN, N. Y. [within a rectangular borderline] [Lugt 307b] collector's mark: verso, below center, stamped in brown ink, with initials in graphite: Brooklyn Museum / COS / DUPLICATE [within a rectangular borderline] {not in Lugt] collector's mark: verso, lower left, stamped in back ink: MS [within circular borderline]: [Morris Schapiro (Lugt 1918)] inscription: tab, bottom sheet margin just below platemark, to left of center, graphite: [ butterfly ]. imp. Provenance Recorded Ownership History Brooklyn Museum (L. 307). Morris Schapiro (L. 1918 bis) Edwin de T. Bechtel, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1947. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State Glasow viii/iv Standard Reference Number Kennedy 189; Glasgow 218 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edwin de T. Bechtel Accession Year 1947 Object Number M12102 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
