The Campo Santo, Venice
The Campo Santo, Venice
Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner
(British, 1775-1851)
Date1842
DimensionsPainting: 24 1/2 × 36 1/2 in. (62.2 × 92.7 cm)
Frame: 35 1/2 × 47 1/2 × 4 in. (90.2 × 120.7 × 10.2 cm)
Frame: 35 1/2 × 47 1/2 × 4 in. (90.2 × 120.7 × 10.2 cm)
Mediumoil on canvas
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1926.63
On View
Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 31
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Exhibition HistoryLondon, Royal Academy, Annual Exhibition, 1842, no. 73.Manchester, Royal Manchester Institution, Exhibition of Art Treasures, 1878, no. 111.
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Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Venice: Light and Landscape, November 5, 2010-March 11, 2011.
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