Piazza di San Marco
c. 1898–1899 · Watercolour and graphite on off-white wove paper · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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About this work
- Artist
- Maurice Prendergast (1858–1924)
- Year
- c. 1898–1899
- Medium
- Watercolour and graphite on off-white wove paper
- Original size
- 42.4 × 39.1 cm
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Movement
- Post-Impressionism
Three tall red flagstaffs with Italian flags rise in front of St Mark's in Venice, with crowds and pigeons in the square and the Doge's Palace and the lagoon beyond. Prendergast painted it in watercolour during his stay in Venice in 1898–99, cutting the flagpoles off at the top of the sheet like a Japanese print. It is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A bright Venetian watercolour in red, green and cream for a hallway, study or living room in a thin black frame. It suits white walls and pairs with Sargent's Venetian Canal.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Post-Impressionism painting
- Era
- 19th century (c. 1898–1899)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- living room, hallway or entryway, study or library, dining room, dorm room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
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
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.



























