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

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to Whistler's ward and executrix Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1958: bequeathed by Miss R. Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime, nor thereafter.

Last updated: 22nd October 2020 by Margaret