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

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M.1232
Vénus Astarté

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1888/1890
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1904.65a-c
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper laid down on card
Size: 10 13/16 x 10 7/8" x 7 1/4" (274-276 mm x 184 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Vénus Astarté

Sitter

Vénus Astarté, Freer Gallery of Art
Vénus Astarté, Freer Gallery of Art

The model has not been identified. She was not, as has been suggested, Loie Fuller (1862-1928).

Last updated: 9th March 2021 by Margaret