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

 

Sunset note

Technique

The size is indicated in the 1904 Boston catalogue and memorandum in Boston Public Library. It suggests a vertical composition but this might be misleading.


                    Venice at Sunset, Portland Museum of Art
Venice at Sunset, Portland Museum of Art

                    Sunset; red and gold - The Gondolier, Fogg Art Museum
Sunset; red and gold - The Gondolier, Fogg Art Museum

Possible candidates if it was in horizontal format would be Venice at Sunset [M.0741] and Sunset; red and gold - The Gondolier [M.0806]

Last updated: 9th February 2021 by Margaret