Venetian Canal
1913 · Watercolour and graphite on off-white wove paper · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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About this work
- Artist
- John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)
- Year
- 1913
- Medium
- Watercolour and graphite on off-white wove paper
- Original size
- 40 × 53.3 cm
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Movement
- Impressionism
A canal in Venice runs between sunlit houses toward a bridge and a bell tower, with boats moored along the water, all painted in transparent washes of watercolour. Sargent returned to Venice almost every year and from about 1900 painted it mostly in watercolour, working from a gondola close to the water. The Metropolitan Museum of Art bought this sheet with a group of his watercolours in 1915.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A bright Venetian canal in warm ochre and blue for a hallway, kitchen or study in a thin black frame. It works on white or warm stone walls and pairs with Prendergast's Venice watercolours.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Impressionism painting
- Era
- 20th century (1913)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- kitchen, hallway or entryway, study or library, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 16×12, 24×18 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or dark wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
