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

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YMSM 377
The Shop Window

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1888/1890
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: unknown
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 125 x 229 mm (5 x 9")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

The Shop Window

Technique

The Shop Window, private collection
The Shop Window, private collection

It is thinly painted, with a very small pointed brush used for the precise details of the features and clothing of the figures, and broader, bolder brushstrokes on the shop-front.

Conservation History

Unknown.

Frame

Unknown.

Last updated: 2nd January 2021 by Margaret