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The Art Gallery at the Athenaeum contains one of America’s unique collections of 19th century American paintings. Each week we feature a different work on this page. The text describing each painting was written by Mark D. Mitchell, Assistant Curator of Nineteenth-Century Art at the National Academy Museum. The digital images were prepared by Robert Jenks of Jenks Studio of Photography in St. Johnsbury, VT. Please note that the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum prohibits the use of images from its collection in public exhibition, broadcast, electronic reproduction or publication in any form without prior written permission from the institution. If you would like to reproduce any of the Art Gallery images in any form, contact us at 802- 748-8291. You can also visit our digital art gallery and enjoy our art collection online: Hudson River School of Painting
Jervis McEntee (1828-1891), American Already established as a respected landscape painter in America, Jervis McEntee paid his only visit to Venice while on a yearlong European sojourn in 1868-69. This view toward St. Mark's Square from the Lagoon offers one of the city's most iconic vistas in late twilight. The effect heightens Venice's evocative mood by rendering its already bright colors even more vivid while dark storm clouds brew overhead. |
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