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

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r.: A Monk with a donkey, and a reclining figure; v.: a mediaeval lady, and other heads of men and women

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                    r.: A Monk with a donkey, and a reclining figure, Metropolitan Museum of Art
r.: A Monk with a donkey, and a reclining figure, Metropolitan Museum of Art

The monk in long robe stands at right looking down at a woman dressed in man's clothes leaning against a boulder on the right.It is not clear whether the monk is a samaritan, offering assistance.

Last updated: 13th March 2021 by Margaret