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

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YMSM 515
Ivoire et or: Portrait de Madame Vanderbilt

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1899/1902
Collection: Private Collection, on loan to Biltmore, NC
Accession Number: none
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: 66.0 x 54.6 cm (26 x 21 1/2")
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Ivoire et or: Portrait de Madame Vanderbilt

Technique

Ivoire et or: Portrait de Madame Vanderbilt, private collection
Ivoire et or: Portrait de Madame Vanderbilt, private collection

Thinly painted with broad brushstrokes on the dress and careful, fluid brushstrokes modelling the face. The canvas has been lined.

Conservation History

It was cleaned about 1958, according to the Biltmore records. 1

Frame

Non-Whistler frame.

Notes:

1: Noted by A. McLaren Young, GUL WPP files.

Last updated: 18th October 2020 by Margaret