Venetian glass has long been celebrated for its refined artistry, graceful forms, and clarity of its material. What’s more, some have believed that the purity of the glass would resist deadly poisons.

Società Anonima per Azioni Salviati & C., manufacturer, Fenicio Goblet with Swans and Initial “S” Stem (ca. 1870), blown and applied glass hot-worked glass, 12 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches diam. (Smithsonian ...

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A modern-day glassblower believes he has unraveled the mysteries of Renaissance-era Venetian glassmaking, a trade whose secrets were so closely guarded that anyone who divulged them faced the prospect ...

Glass dealer Keith Davison knows a thing or two about Murano glass: his gallery, Casanova Venetian Glass & Art, in Naples, Florida, is the largest purveyor of the beloved colorful glass in the United ...

John Singer Sargent, A Venetian Woman, 1882, oil on canvas, Cincinnati Art Museum, The Edwin and Virginia Irwin Memorial, 1972.37. The exhibition “Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American ...

When we think of Venetian glass, our minds leap to the blazing furnaces of Murano, to delicate filigree and the vivid colors of the Renaissance. This iconic and universally recognized image tells only ...

AI Runs on Electricity, but Washington Is Blocking the Grid Mystic Seaport mounts a gorgeous show on how Sargent and Whistler translated the fabled city’s aesthetic into American classics. Sargent, ...