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

 

The Shop Window

Technique


                    The Shop Window, private collection
The Shop Window, private collection

It is thinly painted, with a very small pointed brush used for the precise details of the features and clothing of the figures, and broader, bolder brushstrokes on the shop-front.

Conservation History

Unknown.

Frame

Unknown.

Last updated: 2nd January 2021 by Margaret