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

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YMSM 511
Brun et or: De race

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1896/1900
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46327
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: 51.5 x 31.0 cm (20 1/4 x 12 1/4")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
Frame: Grau-style, 1890s

Brun et or: De race

Technique

Brun et or: De race, The Hunterian
Brun et or: De race, The Hunterian

It is painted on a fine weave canvas and is thinly painted as well as being rubbed in many areas as part of the painting process resulting in smooth modelling of the face and an unusually highly level of finish, plus careful attention to detail in the boy's coat.

Conservation History

Brun et or: De race, photograph Henry Dixon & Son, 1902
Brun et or: De race, photograph Henry Dixon & Son, 1902

Frame

Grau-style frame, dating from the 1890s. 83.7 x 63.8 x 8.2cm. Like The Boy in a Cloak [YMSM 512], the frame bears the label of Frederick Henry Grau (1859-1892), Whistler's frame-maker in London. 1

Notes:

1: Dr S. L. Parkerson Day, Report on frames, 2017. See also Parkerson 2007 [more] .

Last updated: 22nd October 2020 by Margaret