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

 

YMSM 405
Portrait Study of a Man

Artist: Formerly attributed to James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890/1900
Collection: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK
Accession Number: PD.29-1970
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 16.8 x 10.2 cm (6 5/8 x 4")
Signature: none
Inscription: none
Frame: Simple flat Whistler

Portrait Study of a Man

Portrait Study of a Man may date from the 1890s. 1

Portrait Study of a Man, The Fitzwilliam
Portrait Study of a Man, The Fitzwilliam

Andrew McLaren Young (1913-1975) suggested that on grounds of style it was possible that it was painted in the 1890s. 2 However, there is considerable doubt as to its authorship, and therefore of its date.

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 405).

2: Letter to Jack Goodison, Fitzwilliam Museum, 23 November 1971, GUL WPP file.

Last updated: 22nd October 2020 by Margaret