Object details
Accession number
P33e14
Primary Creator
Paul H. Tilton
(active about 1885 - 1895, Venice)
Full title
The Lido
Creation Date
1894
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner's husband, John L. Gardner (1837-1898), from the American artist Paul H. Tilton (active about 1885-about 1895), Venice for 100 lire on 4 May 1895.
Marks
Signed and dated (lower right): P.H. Tilton - 1894
Dimensions
15 x 38 cm (5 7/8 x 14 15/16 in.)
Display Media
Oil on canvas
Dimension Notes
Frame: 46.7 x 74.3 cm (18 3/8 x 29 1/4 in.)
Web Commentary
In the 19th century, Venice’s beauty and otherworldliness attracted Isabella Stewart Gardner and many expatriate artists and writers. Isabella and her husband Jack purchased this painting from the painter Paul Tilton on their 1894 trip to the lagoon city. It depicts the Lido, an 11-mile long sandy island located southwest of the city in the Adriatic Sea. While it surely served as a memento for their trip, the waves, dunes, and passing ships universally evoke a beach anywhere in the world.
Permanent Gallery Location
Vatichino
Bibliography
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 250. (as by the same hand as museum no. P11n1)
Elizabeth Anne McCauley et al. Gondola Days: Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Palazzo Barbaro Circle. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; Venice: Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, 2004), pp. 263, 276, fig. 214. (as by Paul Tilton, 1894)
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