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

 

M.0141
r.: 'Tibi Gracias'; v.: A spinning top (?)

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1853/1854
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Accession Number: 1970.121.6
Medium: r: pencil, pen and brown ink; v: pen and black ink
Support: off-white wove paper, laid down in an album
Size: 5-5 3/16 x 7 1/4" (128-132 x 185 mm)
Signature: 'J.W.'
Inscription: 'Tibi Gracias'

r.: 'Tibi Gracias'; v.: A spinning top (?)

Description

r.: 'Tibi Gracias', Metropolitan Museum of Art
r.: 'Tibi Gracias', Metropolitan Museum of Art

A fat monk, at left, raises in hands in benediction over the well-filled table at right.

Last updated: 13th March 2021 by Margaret