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

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La Mère Gérard (2)

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1858 or 1859
Collection: Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD
Accession Number: A2683 91.59
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 24.1 x 17.8 cm (9 1/2 x 7")
Signature: 'Whistler./ Paris. 1858.' or '1859' at lower right, and, at right edge, 'Whistl' [incomplete]
Inscription: none
Frame: not original

La Mère Gérard (2)

Technique

La Mère Gérard (2), Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
La Mère Gérard (2), Washington County Museum of Fine Arts

It is painted fairly thickly in subdued colours, with some impasto on the flowers, on a cradled panel.

Conservation History

La Mère Gérard (2), photograph, 1914
La Mère Gérard (2), photograph, 1914
La Mère Gérard (2), photograph, 1950s?
La Mère Gérard (2), photograph, 1950s?
La Mère Gérard (2), photograph, 1950s?
La Mère Gérard (2), photograph, 1950s?
La Mère Gérard (2), Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
La Mère Gérard (2), Washington County Museum of Fine Arts

When seen by Andrew McLaren Young (1913-1975) in 1972 there were areas at left and right that were badly blistered, and old photographs show signs of craquelure. Photographs suggest that it has darkened, but this may be the fault of the lighting; in any case it has been cleaned and restored.

Frame

Not known.

Last updated: 25th November 2020 by Margaret