Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

 

A Gondolier

Technique

The American artist Ross Sterling Turner (1847-1915) said that in Venice, 'he found Whistler in a small house with a small garden in front of the Frari ... and a large [canvas], with a big gondolier sketched on it, stood by the door.' 1 The portrait remained unfinished and was probably destroyed.

Conservation History

Unknown.

Frame

Unknown.

Notes:

1: Pennell 1911 A [more] , p. 189.

Last updated: 10th November 2019 by Margaret