Canal and Bridge of SS. Apostoli, Venice
Canal and Bridge of SS. Apostoli, Venice

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Canal and Bridge of SS. Apostoli, Venice,

1916

Sir Muirhead Bone, British, 1876–1953
x1969-228

Trained as an architect in Glasgow, Bone had become an internationally renowned printmaker of city views and landscapes by September 1916, when he was assigned to the western front as an official war artist. Made earlier in the same year, this meticulous and picturesque view of a bustling canal in the northernmost quarter of Venice, the Cannaregio, is based on one of the many drawings Bone made during his 1910–12 stay in Italy. Crowded with boats, pedestrians, and workers, the composition features the bell tower of the Chiesa dei Santi Apostoli (Church of the Holy Apostles of Christ) on the right.

Information

Title
Canal and Bridge of SS. Apostoli, Venice
Dates

1916

Maker
Sir Muirhead Bone
Medium

Drypoint

Dimensions

plate: 32.6 x 22.6 cm (12 13/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
sheet: 39.4 x 27.5 cm (15 1/2 x 10 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of David H. McAlpin, Class of 1920, and Mrs. McAlpin in memory of Professor Clifton R. Hall

Object Number
x1969-228
Inscription

signed in pencil, l.r.; signed in plate, l.l.

Culture
European
Type
prints, drypoints
Subject
bridges (built works)

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