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Venetian Fishing Boats

c.1904
Pencil and watercolour on paper
48.9 x 34.9 cm

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Venetian Canal Scene

1904
Watercolor over pencil heightened withwhite on paper
34.93 x 45.09 cm (13.75 x 17.75 in.)

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

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Unloading Boats, Venice

1904
Watercolor
44.5 x 28.5 in.

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

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The Piazzetta, Venice

c.1904
Watercolor on paper
34·5 x 53·5 cm (13 1/2 x 21 1/8 in.)

notes
The view in the painting is facing the front of the old Library (designed by Jacopo Sansovino in 1536) the Pizzetta to the right and beyond which leads to St. Mark’s Square from the lagoon where Sargent paints this. You can somewhat see the winged lion of St. Mark in the background (thumbnail left). The freestanding column supporting St Theodor...
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Sketching on the Giudecca, Venice

c. 1904
Watercolor and gouche on paper
35.6 x 52.7 cm (14 x 20 3/4 in.)

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

notes
The Canal della Giudecca is the wide channel of water south of the main grouping of islands and north of the long La Giudecca island at the bottom of the map. In a Gondola (Jane de Glehn)  1904  To find his scenes in and around Venice, Sargent often paints directly from gondolas taking a page right out of Claude...
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Sir Frank Swettenham

1904
Oil on canvas
258 x 142.5 cm (101.57 x 56.10 in)

National Museum in Singapore

Singapore, Republic of Singapore

notes
Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham (1850-1946) was the first Resident General of the Federated Malay States (part of the then Royal Colonies, now independent Malaysia) which was formed by combining a number of kingdoms. He served from July 1, 1896 to 1901. The portrait was commissioned by the Straits Association (the then government) to commemorate...
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Santa Maria della Salute

1904
Transparent watercolor with small touches of opaque watercolor over graphite on off-white, thick, rough-textured wove paper
46.2 x 58.4 cm (18 3/16 x 23 in.)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

notes
On the Steps of the Salute  c.1906  Watercolor The Santa Maria della Salute is one of the significant buildings of Venice (thumbnail). Sargent painted it a number of times, but never full-on or complete. He characterized his paintings in Venice as "snapshots" and wanted very much to capture the feel of the place...
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Rushing Brook

c. 1904-1911
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on off-white wove paper
46.8 x 31.4 cm (18 7/16 x 12 3/8 in.)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Rio di San Salvatore, Venice

1903-04
Watercolor and graphite on paper
25.4 x 34.29 cm (10 x 13.5 in.)

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Boston, MA

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Purtud, Bed of a Glacier Torrent

1904
Watercolor on paper
34.3 x 48.3 cm (13 1/2 x 19 in.)

The Diploma Collection of the Royal Watercolour Society

London, UK

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