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

 

M.0744
Venetian scene

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1879/1880
Collection: New Britain Museum of American Art, CT
Accession Number: 1950.12
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 5/8 x 7 15/16" (296 x 202 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Venetian scene

Technique

Venetian scene, New Britain Museum of American Art
Venetian scene, New Britain Museum of American Art

This was drawn over another drawing that is still visible, upside down, and shows the facade of a building with a balcony. 1

Notes:

1: MacDonald 2001 [more] , pp. 47, 48, 54, repr. pl. 51

Last updated: 9th February 2021 by Margaret