Artist: James McNeill Whistler Date: 1879/1880 Collection: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Accession Number: 2002.524 Medium: chalk and pastel Support: brown wove paper Size: 12 x 5" (305 x 127 mm Signature: butterfly Inscription: 'J. A. McNeill Whistler / "Sotto Portico - San Giacomo"/ Venice Pastel/ No/ 27' on original backing, in an unknown hand
