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

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Study of a Head

Technique


                    Study of a Head, Columbus Museum of Art
Study of a Head, Columbus Museum of Art

It is painted on coarse canvas, the paint applied thinly, with diagonal strokes of the brush around the face, and thicker impasto on the moustache and collar.

Conservation History


                    Study of a Head,  Columbus Museum of Art
Study of a Head, Columbus Museum of Art

                    Study of a Head, photograph, 1940
Study of a Head, photograph, 1940

Unknown. An early photograph shows no radical difference.

Frame

Unknown.

Last updated: 22nd October 2020 by Margaret