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

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YMSM 316
Sketch of a Man in Evening Dress

Artist: Formerly attributed to James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1885/1900
Collection: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Accession Number: WA1945.139
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 16.1 x 9.7 cm (6 3/8 x 3 3/4")
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Sketch of a Man in Evening Dress

Technique

Sketch of a Man in Evening Dress, Ashmolean Museum
Sketch of a Man in Evening Dress, Ashmolean Museum

It is not very like Whistler's technique. The brushwork is somewhat spiky, and the outlines angular. There are numerous pentimenti, particularly to left of the figure, whose feet are entirely missing.

Conservation History

Unknown.

Frame

Unknown.

Last updated: 16th October 2020 by Margaret