Félix François Georges Philbert Ziem

The Venetian Lagoon

c. 1865

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Félix François Georges Philbert Ziem

The Venetian Lagoon

c. 1865

Physical Qualities Oil on wood panel, 9-3/16 x 14 in. (24.9 x 35.6 cm.); Frame: 20-1/4 x 24-1/8 x 3 in. (51.5 x 61.3 x 7.6 cm.)

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 1996.45.296

Lost in the midst of the lagoons of the Adriatic, Venice, the city of enchantments so dear to poets and travelers, has such a fascination for Ziem, that in contemporaneous art it has become a sort of monopoly for his talent, so much so that one experiences an involuntary astonishment upon seeing a view of Venice not signed by his name. But his interpretation of Venice is so personal that one could not deceive oneself long concerning it. –René Ménard, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, April, 1873

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

The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, "Exhibition of the George A. Lucas Art Collection", 1911, cat. #143.

The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute", October 12-November 21, 1965, cat. #288.

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: BR, 'Ziem.'. VERSO: UC, 'BMA cat./1965/#288'; LC, 'Succession G.A. Lucas'; UR 'ZIEM (Felix)/Pupil of Dijon Art School...'; C, 'PREPARED PANEL/WINSOR + NEWTON...'