A Gondola on the Grand Canal, Venice, 1866

Not on View

Medium

watercolor over graphite with gouache on wove paper, laid down

Dimensions

sheet: 45.4 × 35.5 cm (17 7/8 × 14 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased as the Gift of Dian Woodner

Accession Number

2017.33.1

Artists / Makers

William Callow (artist) British, 1812 - 1908

Image Use

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Inscription

inscribed by the artist at lower right: William Callow 1866

Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's London, 26 March 1975, no. 250). (Agnew's, London). (Galerie de Cadre, Paris). (sale, Christie's London, 8 July 1997, no. 74); to Bernadette and William M. B. Berger, Denver; (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 25 January 2017, no. 99); purchased (via Stephen Ongpin) by NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Agnew & Sons, Ltd., Thomas
Berger, Bernadette and William M.B.
Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
Galerie du Cadre
Sotheby's, London
Stephen Ongpin Fine Art

Exhibition History

1866: ? Summer Exhibition, Society of Painters in Water-Colours, 1866 (as "Venice, looking up the Grand Canal").

2017: The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries, NGA, 2017 (no cat.).

2023: Drawing in Britain, 1700 - 1900: New Additions to the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.