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

 

M.0296
Fantin au lit

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1859
Collection: Musée du Louvre, Paris
Accession Number: RF 12246
Medium: chalk and pencil
Support: pale grey laid paper
Size: 9 5/8 x 6 3/16" (245 x 155 mm)
Signature: 'Whistler'
Inscription: "Fantin au lit - la poursuite de les études sous les difficultés 14' de froid / Dec. le 20. 1859."

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Fantin au lit, Musée du Louvre
Fantin au lit, Musée du Louvre

Ignace-Henri-Jean-Théodore Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) . It shows him fully dressed, in bed, working despite the freezing cold.

Last updated: 17th February 2021 by Margaret