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The Giudecca, Venice

Sir Muirhead Bone British, Scottish
1915
Not on view
Sir Muirhead Bone was a Scottish printmaker and watercolor artist noted for his depictions of architectural and industrial subjects, city views, landscapes, and his work as a war artist in both the First and Second World Wars. In this wispy panoramic vista across the Venetian lagoon, Bone depicts a a boat-filled Canale della Giudecca, with the Il Redentore church on the left (on Giudecca island) and the Santa Maria Della Salute church on the right. Apart from a few gondolas in the right middleground behind a mooring post "anchoring" the composition, most of the print is blank; Bone skillfully used the unprinted areas of the paper evoke the vast expanse of water and sky.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Giudecca, Venice
  • Artist: Sir Muirhead Bone (British, Glasgow, Scotland 1876–1953 Oxford)
  • Date: 1915
  • Medium: Drypoint
  • Dimensions: Plate: 4 7/16 × 6 7/8 in. (11.2 × 17.5 cm)
    Sheet: 8 1/4 in. × 11 in. (21 × 28 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.3.747
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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