Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
David Roberts, 1796–1864, British
Title:
The Giudecca, Venice
Date:
1854
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
22 × 51 inches (55.9 × 129.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Label on verso, upper center: “[handwritten] WG194 | [typed] Picture Restorers | Aitken Dott Son | Established 1842 | Fine Art Dealers | 26 So. Castle St. | Edinburgh”; center right: “Pitt & Scott Ltd | London | E. [handwritten] 8582 | #159 | [typed] 8833”
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1973.1.51
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
sailboats | boats | lagoon | architectural subject | cityscape | gondolas | canal | dome | island | river | bridges (built works) | island | marine art | clouds
Associated Places:
Venezia | Chiesa del Santissimo Redentor | Venice | La Giudecca | Veneto | Italy | Grand Canal
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Art of Seeing - John Ruskin and the Victorian Eye (Phoenix Art Museum, 1993-03-06 - 1993-09-15)
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 190-191, N590.2 A83 (YCBA)

David Roberts, Record books., England, v. 2, fol. 9, no. 164, ND497.R63 R43 1829 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:149