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

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The Widow

Technique


                    The Widow, private collection
The Widow, private collection

It was painted with fairly thin paint on a coarse canvas. The liquid brushwork on the beautiful face is comparable to that seen in works after 1895, and around the turn of the century, such as Rose and Gold: The Little Lady Sophie of Soho [YMSM 504]. The unfinished, scrubbed-in white paint of the collar is closer to late works. The oval format and dark green background are common to a number of Whistler's portraits between 1896 and 1902 (see A Paris Model [YMSM 458]).

Conservation History

Unknown.

Frame

Unknown.

Last updated: 3rd January 2021 by Margaret