Venice, Grand Canal, 1904

Title

Venice, Grand Canal

Draughtsman

• Paul Signac

Production Place

• Venice

Period Produced

• 20th century

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Watercolour and opaque white over pencil on wove paper

Material

• watercolours
• opaque white
• graphite-clay mixture
• vellum paper

Technique

• watercolour painting
• brush drawing
• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• French

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und datiert unten links (mit Bleistift): P. Signac // Venise 1904

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städtische Galerie

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1911

Genre

• harbour picture
• city view

Main Motif

• Venice
• Grand Canal (Venice)
• Venetian Lagoon
• Santa Maria della Salute (Venice)
• Dogana da Mar (Venice)
• Punta della Dogana (Venice)
• Venice-Dorsoduro
• Mediterranean Sea
• building
• shore
• boat
• harbour

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Georges Seurat
• Claude Monet

Primary

• 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city
• 25I1 city-view in general; 'veduta'
• 61E(VENEZIA) names of cities and villages (VENEZIA)
• 61D(CANAL GRANDE, Venedig) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (CANAL GRANDE, Venedig) (CANAL GRANDE, Venedig)
• 61F(SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE (Venezia)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE (Venezia))
• 61F(DOGANA DA MAR (Venezia)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (DOGANA DA MAR (Venezia))
• 61F(PUNTA DELLA SALUTE, Venedig) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (PUNTA DELLA SALUTE, Venedig)
• 61F(VENEDIG-DORSODURO) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (VENEDIG-DORSODURO)
• 61D(LAGUNA DI VENEZIA) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (LAGUNA DI VENEZIA) (LAGUNA DI VENEZIA)

Secondary

• 46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat
• 46C23231 gondola