John Singer Sargent
Gondolas off the Doge's Palace, Venice

Gondolas off the Doge's Palace, Venice

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Gondolas off the Doge's Palace, Venice
ArtistAmerican, born Italy, 1856–1925
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Gondolas off the Doge's Palace, Venice
Datec. 1903–1904
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 19 5/8 × 23 7/8 in. (49.8 × 60.6 cm)
Frame: 31 1/8 × 35 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (79 × 90.2 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Patrick R. Rutherford, Jr. in honor of Susan Rutherford
Object number2021.100
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
109 Long & Sarofim Gallery
On view

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Department
American Art
Object Type
ProvenanceEstate of the artist (1); [Christie’s, July 24–27, 1925, lot 142]; Viscount Rothermere, until 1941; [Spink and Sons, London]; Hugh Evans, Lancashire, England; Nicolson, New York; [Vose Galleries, Boston, as of 1962]; Robert Cooper, 1964–1969; [Meredith Long & Company]; Pat and Susan Rutherford Collection, Houston; bequest to MFAH, 2021.

(1) JSS estate stamp on verso.
Exhibition History"Houston's Sargents," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 14–May 9, 2010.

"The Private World of John Singer Sargent," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Cleveland Museum of Art; Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, 1964–1965.
Catalogue raisonnéOrmond, Richard, Elaine Kilmurray, et al. John Singer Sargent: Venetian Figures and Landscapes 1898-1913 (Complete Paintings, Vol. 6) (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), no. 1066.

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