DrawingsAmerican20th century

The Grand Canal, Venice

c. 1902

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Transparent and opaque watercolor and graphite on white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

24.8 × 35.2 cm (9 3/4 × 13 7/8 in.) mat: 45.4 × 54.6 cm (17 7/8 × 21 1/2 in.) frame: 49.1 × 58.3 × 2.1 cm (19 5/16 × 22 15/16 × 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Gift of the artist to Leon Delafosse, c 1902 (?); sold, presumably by Delafosse, at Sotheby's, London, June 14, 1939, lot 52; purchased by "Lion"; Grenville L. Winthrop, New York; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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