Description
Frank Duveneck loved Venice and spent several months there during the early decades of his career. Titled The Venetian Girl, this painting depicts a young woman—likely an artist’s model—who holds a shallow brass bowl containing lemons and grapes.
Provenance
The artist; Frank Boott Duveneck [1886–1986] , his son, by inheritance; Charles Duveneck [1871–1946], his half-uncle; [Knoedler Galleries, New York, by consignment]; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, purchased in 1922 with funds provided by Josephine Pettingill Everett
Accession Number
1922.173
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
Unframed: 86.7 x 62.6 cm (34 1/8 x 24 5/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection
