James Holland, O.W.S. (1799-1870)

Venice: Evening

細節

James Holland, O.W.S. (1799-1870)
Venice: Evening
inscribed and numbered 'No. 2;/Venice, Evening/James Holland 3 Union Place/Blackheath Road' (on the artist's label attached to the backboard)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic heightened with touches of white and with scratching out
11 x 19.5/8 in. (28 x 49.8 cm.)

來源

The Rev. Dr. Proctor, 1837.
with The Fine Art Society, London.
with Leger Galleries, London, 1987 and 1990.

展覽

London, Old Water-Colour Society, 1836, no. 37, as 'Venice'.
London, Bankside Gallery, Visions of Venice: Watercolours and Drawings from Turner to Procktor, 1990, no. 25, exhibition catalogue p. 48, illustrated in colour.

拍品專文

Holland first exhibited a view of Venice at the O.W.S in 1836, immediately following his first visit to the city. The watercolour was bought by John James Ruskin, John Ruskin's father. Ruskin only made a brief reference to Holland in his writings, as a painter of calm water; however, he first noticed the artist in 1836 and so was presumably refering to his father's watercolour. The following year Holland exhibited three views of Venice, among them this spectacular sunset.