Artist: James McNeill Whistler Date: 1880 Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Accession Number: F1917.4a-b Medium: chalk and pastel Support: brown wove paper Size: 7 5/8" x 11 13/16" (194 x 300 mm) Signature: butterfly Inscription: 'The Steps' and butterfly originally written on backing
Venice, Italy. The site has not been identified although Grieve suggests that it could have been on the Rio de Sant' Ana at the east end of the Via Garibaldi. 1
