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51 works by 13 artists

51 works featuring “Lagoon” by 13 artists, from the 18th to the 20th century, held in 23 museums.

Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon in Rio de Janeiro, João Batista da Costa

Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon in Rio de Janeiro, 1925.

Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas no Rio de Janeiro (museum title)

João Batista da Costa (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil

The Church of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, Francesco Guardi

The Church of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, c. 1780.

L'église San Giorgio Maggiore à Venise (museum title)

Francesco Guardi (Italian), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

Returning from the Ball (St Martha), J. M. W. Turner

Returning from the Ball (St Martha), 1846.

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Venice - Sunset, a Fisher, J. M. W. Turner

Venice - Sunset, a Fisher, 1845.

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Venice - Maria della Salute, J. M. W. Turner

Venice - Maria della Salute, 1844.

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Scene in Venice, J. M. W. Turner

Scene in Venice, 1842.

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

A man greets two people in a covered gondola, Wilhelm Marstrand

A man greets two people in a covered gondola

En mand hilser på to i en overdækket gondol (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Nocturne: San Giorgio, James McNeill Whistler

Nocturne: San Giorgio, 1880.

James McNeill Whistler (American), chalk and pastel on brown paper

Freer Gallery of Art, United States

Capriccio with a Ruined Church, a Rustic House and Figures on the Lagoon Shore, Francesco Guardi

Capriccio with a Ruined Church, a Rustic House and Figures on the Lagoon Shore, 1781.

Capriccio con chiesa diroccata, casa rustica e figurine… (museum title)

Francesco Guardi (Italian), oil on wood

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

View of Venice, with scenes of animals, Ferdinand van Kessel

View of Venice, with scenes of animals, 17th century.

Ansichten aus den vier Weltteilen mit Szenen von Tieren… (museum title)

Ferdinand van Kessel (Belgian), oil on copper

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

The Departure of the Bucentaur for the Lido on Ascension Day, Francesco Guardi

The Departure of the Bucentaur for the Lido on Ascension Day, c. 1770–1780.

Le Départ du Bucentaure vers le Lido de Venise, le jour de… (museum title)

Francesco Guardi (Italian), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

Venice - Noon, J. M. W. Turner

Venice - Noon, 1845.

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Venise, la voile jaune, Paul Signac

Venise, la voile jaune, 1904.

Paul Signac (French), oil on canvas

Musée National d'Art Moderne, France

Bateaux sur la lagune, près de Venise, J. M. W. Turner

Bateaux sur la lagune, près de Venise, 1840.

J. M. W. Turner (British)

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

En Route to Burano, Anders Zorn

En Route to Burano, 1894.

På väg till Burano (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), oil on canvas mounted on cardboard

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Little Venice, James McNeill Whistler

Little Venice, 1880.

James McNeill Whistler (American), etching on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Venice Harbor, James McNeill Whistler

Venice Harbor, 1879–1880.

James McNeill Whistler (American), watercolor on paper

Freer Gallery of Art, United States

Blue and Silver—The Islands, Venice, James McNeill Whistler

Blue and Silver—The Islands, Venice, 1879–1880.

Blue and Silver—The Islands, Venice (museum title)

James McNeill Whistler (American), pastel on brown paper

Freer Gallery of Art, United States

The Little Venice, James McNeill Whistler

The Little Venice, 1879–1880.

James McNeill Whistler (American), etching on paper

Freer Gallery of Art, United States

Islands: Evening, James McNeill Whistler

Islands: Evening, 1879–1880.

James McNeill Whistler (American), drypoint on paper

Freer Gallery of Art, United States

Long Venice, James McNeill Whistler

Long Venice, 1879–1880.

James McNeill Whistler (American), etching and drypoint in dark brown ink on laid paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Little Salute, James McNeill Whistler

Little Salute, 1879–1880.

James McNeill Whistler (American), etching and drypoint on laid paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Nocturne: Salute, James McNeill Whistler

Nocturne: Salute, 1879–1880.

James McNeill Whistler (American), etching and drypoint in brown ink on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

View of the Quay of the Schiavoni, Camille Corot

View of the Quay of the Schiavoni, 1834.

Camille Corot (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

The Island of the Giudecca with the Churches of the Zitelle and the Redentore, Francesco Guardi

The Island of the Giudecca with the Churches of the Zitelle and the Redentore, c. 1780.

L'isola della Giudecca con le chiese delle Zitelle e del… (museum title)

Francesco Guardi (Italian), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

The Doge on the Bucentaur at San Nicolò di Lido on Ascension Day, Francesco Guardi

The Doge on the Bucentaur at San Nicolò di Lido on Ascension Day, c. 1770–1780.

Le Doge sur le Bucentaure, à San Niccolò di Lido à Venise… (museum title)

Francesco Guardi (Italian), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

View of the Giudecca Canal and the Zattere, Francesco Guardi

View of the Giudecca Canal and the Zattere, c. 1757–1758.

Francesco Guardi (Italian), oil on canvas

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Spain

St Benedetto, Looking towards Fusina, J. M. W. Turner

St Benedetto, Looking towards Fusina, 1843.

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Le Soleil de Venise, J. M. W. Turner

Le Soleil de Venise, 1840.

J. M. W. Turner (British), watercolor on paper

Scottish National Gallery, United Kingdom

Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, at Sunset, Edward Lear

Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, at Sunset, 1865–1884.

Edward Lear (British), watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Long Lagoon, James McNeill Whistler

Long Lagoon, 1880.

James McNeill Whistler (American), etching and drypoint on Asian laid paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Nocturne, James McNeill Whistler

Nocturne, 1879–1880.

James McNeill Whistler (American), etching and drypoint on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Doge of Venice, Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant

Doge of Venice, 1889.

Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (French), oil on canvas

Haggin Museum, United States

The Island S. Cristoforo di Murano, Francesco Guardi

The Island S. Cristoforo di Murano, c. 1780.

Francesco Guardi (Italian), oil on paper mounted on wood

Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary

The Island of San Michele, Venice, Francesco Guardi

The Island of San Michele, Venice, 1770s.

Francesco Guardi (Italian), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

A Young Girl and Two Fishermen, Wilhelm Marstrand

A Young Girl and Two Fishermen, c. 1853.

En ung pige og to fiskere (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), oil on cardboard

Nivaagaard Collection, Denmark

The Green Sail, Paul Signac

The Green Sail, 1904.

La Voile verte (museum title)

Paul Signac (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

Venise, vue du canal de la Giudecca, J. M. W. Turner

Venise, vue du canal de la Giudecca, 1840.

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Venice, the Doge's Palace, Edward Lear

Venice, the Doge's Palace

Edward Lear (British), watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink and gouache on wove paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Upright Venice, James McNeill Whistler

Upright Venice, 1879–1880.

James McNeill Whistler (American), etching and drypoint in brown ink on Asian laid paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Salute Dawn, James McNeill Whistler

Salute Dawn, 1879–1880.

James McNeill Whistler (American), etching and drypoint on Asian laid paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Venice, Looking over the Lagoon, James Wilson Morrice

Venice, Looking over the Lagoon, c. 1904.

Venise, vue sur la lagune (museum title)

James Wilson Morrice (Canadian), oil on canvas mounted on aluminium

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada

Natural Bridge, Bermuda, Winslow Homer

Natural Bridge, Bermuda, c. 1901.

Winslow Homer (American), watercolor and graphite

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Capriccio with a Bridge, Francesco Guardi

Capriccio with a Bridge, c. 1770–1780.

Francesco Guardi (Italian), oil on canvas

Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States

Venice Quay, Ducal Palace, J. M. W. Turner

Venice Quay, Ducal Palace, 1844.

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Venetian Scene, J. M. W. Turner

Venetian Scene, 1842.

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Venice, the Piazzetta with the Ceremony of the Doge Marrying the Sea, J. M. W. Turner

Venice, the Piazzetta with the Ceremony of the Doge Marrying the Sea, 1835.

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Venice, James McNeill Whistler

Venice, 1880.

James McNeill Whistler (American), manufactured chalks on brown paper

Freer Gallery of Art, United States

San Giorgio, James McNeill Whistler

San Giorgio, 1879–1880.

James McNeill Whistler (American), etching and drypoint on laid paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Lagoon: Noon, James McNeill Whistler

Lagoon: Noon, 1879–1880.

James McNeill Whistler (American), etching and drypoint in dark brown ink on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, United States