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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

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.

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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