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

 

YMSM 433
Study of a French Girl

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1897/1900
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46338
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: 62.9 x 46.9 cm (24 3/4 x 18 1/2")
Signature: none
Inscription: none
Frame: Whistlerian Flat, 1920s

Study of a French Girl

Study of a French Girl dates from between 1897 and 1900. 1

Study of a French Girl, The Hunterian
Study of a French Girl, The Hunterian

It is dated by the technique and the colour, including the dark green of the background, and by its relationship to other portraits, particularly those painted in Paris in the late 1890s.

Notes:

1: Dated 'About 1895/6' in YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 433).

Last updated: 22nd October 2020 by Margaret