Nocturne in Blue and Silver: The Lagoon, Venice
1879–1880 · Oil on canvas · Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903)
- Year
- 1879–1880
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 50.2 × 65.4 cm
- Collection
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Movement
- Tonalism
Ships and a church tower on the Venetian lagoon dissolve into a deep blue night, with a few lights on the water. Whistler went to Venice in 1879, bankrupt after his libel suit against Ruskin, with a commission for etchings, and stayed fourteen months; he also painted a handful of nocturnes there. This one is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A deep blue Venetian night for a bedroom, study or reading room in a thin black frame. It suits navy, slate or white walls and pairs with The Falling Rocket.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Tonalism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1879–1880)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Palette
- cornflower blue
- Mood
- dramatic, moody
- Rooms
- bedroom, study or library, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 16×12, 24×18, 32×24 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard; 32×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — dark wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.
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.
