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

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M.0269
La Jeunesse à Coblentz

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1858
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1898.162
Medium: pencil
Support: beige wove paper
Size: 9" x 9 1/2" (231 x 242 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'La Jeunesse à Coblentz.' by Whistler; 'SH', possibly by F. S. Haden; '1658' (sic) in an unknown hand

La Jeunesse à Coblentz

Site

Koblenz (Coblenz, Coblence), is a German city on the Rhine.

Sitter

La Jeunesse à Coblentz, Freer Gallery of Art
La Jeunesse à Coblentz, Freer Gallery of Art

The artist is probably Ernest Delannoy (d. 1869/1872) , who accompanied Whistler on the Rhineland trip, although it could be a self-portrait.

Last updated: 14th December 2019 by Margaret