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

 

YMSM 514
Study of an Italian Boy

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1897/1900
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46360
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: 62.1 x 47.4 cm (24 1/2 x 18 1/2")
Signature: none
Inscription: none
Frame: Whistlerian Flat, 1920s

Study of an Italian Boy

Study of an Italian Boy was painted in Paris at some time between 1897 and 1900, according to a note on the verso written by Harold Wright (1885-1961), possibly with information from Whistler's sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) .

Study of an Italian Boy, The Hunterian
Study of an Italian Boy, The Hunterian

The technique and colouring help to confirm a date in the late 1890s.

Last updated: 22nd October 2020 by Margaret