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 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 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. 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
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The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
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