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3 unusual facts about Street in Venice


Street in Venice

Oil on canvas, 46 cm × 37.5 cm, Clark Art Institute, Williamstown

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In composition and mood, the painting has been linked by the writer Margaret Conrads to the earlier Crossing the Street by Giovanni Boldini, who lived in Venice during 1880.

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It was purchased by Elizabeth Chanler of Boston in 1888, who gifted it to the American architect Stanford White in return for professional services.



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