Georges Clairin
Study of San Marco, Venice
1894
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Georges Clairin
Study of San Marco, Venice
1894
Physical Qualities
Oil on wood panel, 9-5/16 x 6-3/16 in. (23.7 x 15.7 cm.); Frame: 17-3/8 x 14-1/4 x 2-3/4 in.
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.45.58
While traveling to Egypt in 1895, Clairin stopped in Venice and
painted this small, colorful study of the eleventh-century Basilica
of San Marco, the city’s most glorious architectural monument.
Here, he shows the elaborate mosaic façade of the building and
a portion of a column that stands in the main piazza against
the brilliant blue sky.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, "Exhibition of the George A. Lucas Art Collection", 1911, cat. #39.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute", October 12-November 21, 1965, cat. #59.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Lucas Collection", June 27-Fall 1974, cat. #59.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art", October 1, 2006-December 31, 2006.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute", October 12-November 21, 1965, cat. #59.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Lucas Collection", June 27-Fall 1974, cat. #59.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art", October 1, 2006-December 31, 2006.
Inscribed: FACE: BL, 'a M'Lucas/'mon ami(?) G. Clairin'. VERSO, FRAME: TL, 'BMA cat./1965/#59'; TC, 'Succession G. A. Lucas...241'. VERSO, PAINTING: UC, (ink on panel) 'Etude à Venice/Eglise s(?) Marc'; C, (ink on paper label), 'Georges Clairin./élève de Picot a Pils./...'; LC, (printed label), 'CLAIRIN (J.G.). Paris./Pupil of Picot.'
