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

 

M.0671
Carnival at Venice

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1878/1880
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46076
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: off-white laid paper
Size: 7 1/16 x 4 7/16" (180 x 113 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Carnival at Venice

Technique

Carnival at Venice, The Hunterian
Carnival at Venice, The Hunterian

This is an exceedingly rough sketch, a study of a dramatic lighting effect.

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 671).

Last updated: 10th December 2020 by Margaret