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

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M.0164
Lovers

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1854
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Accession Number: 1970.121.28
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: beige wove paper laid down on card
Size: 3 7/8-3 15/16 x 4 5/16" (98-100 x 109 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Lovers

Description

Lovers, Metropolitan Museum of Art,
Lovers, Metropolitan Museum of Art,

A young man sprawls on the floor at left, leaning on and gazing adoringly up at a seated woman at right. The back of a woman is seen at left, presumably her duenna.

Last updated: 13th March 2021 by Margaret