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The Venetian Girl

c. 1880
(American, 1848–1919)
America
oil on canvas
Unframed: 86.7 x 62.6 cm (34 1/8 x 24 5/8 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection 1922.173
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

The artist was also an esteemed art instructor, teaching hundreds of students in Germany, Italy, and the United States.

Description

Frank Duveneck loved Venice and spent several months there during the early decades of his career. Titled The Venetian Girl, this painting depicts a young woman—likely an artist’s model—who holds a shallow brass bowl containing lemons and grapes.
  • The artist
    Frank Boott Duveneck [1886–1986] , his son, by inheritance
    Charles Duveneck [1871–1946], his half-uncle
    [Knoedler Galleries, New York, by consignment]
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, purchased in 1922 with funds provided by Josephine Pettingill Everett
  • F. A. W. “Duveneck’s the Venetian Girl.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 9, no. 8 (October 1922): 136–141. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 136-141 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925. Reproduced: p. 33 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928. Reproduced: p. 45 archive.org
    "The Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 20, no. 1 (January 1933): 1-3 Mentioned: p. 1 www.jstor.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of an Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 until Today at the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland]: [Printed by the Artcraft Printing Co.], 1937. Mentioned: p. 20, no. 52
    Francis, Henry. "The Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 25, no. 6, pt. 2 (June 1938): 124-131 Mentioned: p. 124 www.jstor.org
    Milliken, William. "Silver Jubilee Exhibition." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 28, no.6 (June 1941): 88-108 Mentioned: p. 89 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 540 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 186 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 186 archive.org
    “A Check List. American Paintings and Water Colors of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Early Twentieth Centuries in the Cleveland Museum of Art.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 60, no. 1 (January 1973): 21–35. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 25, no. 56 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 230 archive.org
  • Long Term Loan - Ohio Artists in the Governor's Residence. Ohio Governor's Residence, Bexley, Ohio (April 22, 2002-December 31, 2006).
    Cincinnati, The Cincinnati Art Museum, An American Abroad: Frank Duveneck's European Years (2 October, 1987-3 January, 1988), p. 104.
    The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
    New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, Paintings by Frank Duveneck 1848-1919 (13 April-15 May, 1938), cat. no. 22, not paginated.
    Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-October 4, 1937).
    Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Catalogue of an Exhibition of American Painting From 1860 Until Today at The Cleveland Museum of Art (23 June-4 October, 1937), cat. no. 52, p. 19-20.
    The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936).
    Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of the Cleveland Museum of Art: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition (26 June-4 October, 1936), cat. no. 354, p. 132.
    Cincinnati, The Cincinnati Museum of Art, "Exhibition of the Work of Frank Duveneck, May 23 through June 21, 1936," Cincinnati Art Museum, p. 25.
    New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Fifteenth Annual Summer Exhibition of Paintings by American Artists (1922), exhibition catalogue, cat. no. 15, not paginated.
    Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago (1922), no catalogue.
    Cincinnati, Cincinnati Museum Association, Memorial Exhibition of the Work of Frank Duveneck (1919), no catalogue.
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