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

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Grey and Green - Dordrecht

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The New York Herald on 2 March 1889 described it as 'a delightful river scene by Dortrecht, with boats and windmills.'

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Grey and Green – Dordrecht, Private Collection
Grey and Green – Dordrecht, Private Collection

It was probably painted from Boudier's Hotel Bellevue in Dordrecht, where Whistler stayed in 1884, or from the nearby towngate (the Groothoofdspoort). Dordrecht is in the Netherlands, and was a busy, bustling port. The viewpoint facess Papendrecht, with the northern branch of the Merwede to left, and the lower reaches of the same river to right. 1

Notes:

1: Heijbroek 1997 [more], p. 55.

Last updated: 5th March 2021 by Margaret