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The Doge's Palace, Venice

The Doge's Palace, Venice

1826
(British, 1802–1828)
Framed: 53.5 x 61 x 6 cm (21 1/16 x 24 x 2 3/8 in.); Unframed: 35.5 x 42.7 cm (14 x 16 13/16 in.)

Did You Know?

At age seventeen, Bonington began teaching precision drawing at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris and he was essential to bringing aspects of the English style to France.

Description

At the age of 22, Bonington achieved overnight success at the official (state sponsored) Paris exhibition known as Salon. Two years later, in 1826, he journeyed to Venice, a city that had long attracted landscape artists. At first, constant rain greatly depressed Bonington, but suddenly the weather changed and Venice was at its glorious best. Bonington frequently painted outdoors, capturing immediate impressions of Venetian architecture and sunlight. He made this particular study from a boat anchored in the lagoon near the Doge's Palace. The thick swirls of paint, with colors mixed together while still wet, indicates how rapidly the artist worked.
  • possibly 1829
    (Sotheby's London, United Kingdom, possibly Bonington Sale, June 29-30,1829, lot 215, sold to Glynn) . . . .
    possibly 1838
    (Sotheby's, London, United Kingdom, February 10, 1838, possibly Mrs. Bonington, the artist's mother, sale, lot 124, to Mawe, bought in).
    possibly 1879
    (Christie's, London, United Kingdom, possibly William Benoni sale, May 23, 1879, lot 86, sold to Permain. J. Hood (according to label on reverse).
    possibly 1888
    (Christie's, London, United Kingdom, April 28, 1888, possibly W.A. Turner of Manchester sale, lot 106, sold to Harari & Johns Ltd.) .
    -1985
    (Harari & Johns Ltd., London, United Kingdom, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1985-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1985.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 73, no. 2 (February 1986): 26–71. Reproduced: p. 50, no. 45; Mentioned: p. 64, no. 45 www.jstor.org
    Noon, Patrick J. Richard Parkes Bonington--on the Pleasure of Painting. New Haven, CT: Yale Center for British Art, 1991.
    D 'Argencourt, Louise and Roger Diederen. The Cleveland Museum of Art: Catalogue of Paintings, Part Four; European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland, OH:The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999. Reproduced: p. 14
    Noon, Patrick J. Richard Parkes Bonington: The Complete Paintings. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008. . Reproduced: p. 288, fig. 227
  • British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
    The Year in Review for 1985. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 20, 1986).
  • {{cite web|title=The Doge's Palace, Venice|url=false|author=Richard Parkes Bonington|year=1826|access-date=21 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1985.56