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

 

M.0728
The Old Bridge - Winter

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1879
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46080
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown paper laid down on card
Size: 7 1/2 x 10 3 /16" (191 x 259 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v: '62y' and ' "The barqua" - Venice/ Pastel.' in unknown hands

The Old Bridge - Winter

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The Old Bridge – Winter, The Hunterian
The Old Bridge – Winter, The Hunterian

To draw this scene, Whistler sat in an old gateway looking across at the Ponte Sartorio, and north along the Rio de l'Avogaria, in the sestiere of Dorsoduro, Venice, Italy. 1

Notes:

1: Grieve 2000 [more] , p. 51, view repr. pl. 38.

Last updated: 2nd April 2021 by Margaret