Painting
- Title:
- Sunset at Venice
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1991.032.01
- Creator:
- Hill, Edward (1843-1923)
Artist - Date:
- circa 1893
- Description:
- Painting, landscape, Sunset at Venice, by Edward Hill (1843-1923), c. 1893. Oil on canvas. View of Venice, Italy at sunset. Large sailboat center middle ground; red number four painted on its sail. Gondola riders to the right of boat. Additional sailboats harbored in the middle and background. Docks with figures standing far left middle ground. Buildings line background; large building with domed roof; pink clouds. Signed, lower right: "Edward Hill." Gilded gesso over wood frame with high-relief foliate scrolls.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-20 W-30 inches
- Provenance:
- Edward Hill was in Venice in 1893. Virgil Pollock is stepson of Ralph Hill (1871-1949), who was the son of Edward. Virgil is brother of Velma Hughes Bruhn of Portland, Oregon, who donated Edward Hill sketches and photos in 1990 (see 1990.049).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Virgil and Mary Pollock
- People:
- Hill, Edward (1843-1923)
- Subjects:
- Sunset, Venice, Italy, Landscape paintings
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