The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0062
r.: The Margrave, the Princess, and the Hermit; v.: Bull's head
Date
r.: The Margrave, the Princess, and the Hermit; v.: Bull's head dates from 1850, and was given by Whistler to Thomas de Kay Winans (1820-1878).
r.: The Margrave, the Princess, and the Hermit, Metropolitan Museum of Art
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 62).
Images
r.: The Margrave, the Princess, and the Hermit, Metropolitan Museum of Art
v.: Bull's head, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subject
Description
r.: The Margrave, the Princess, and the Hermit, Metropolitan Museum of Art
At left, a young man, feather in cap, possibly a 'Margrave' (prince or ruler of some 'march' or principality), stands by an altar spread with an open volume. In the centre, the back view of a cowled figure facing a large crucifix. At right, a woman with fair hair stands by a window, holding a sword in her right hand. The subject has not been identified.
Technique
Technique
r.: The Margrave, the Princess, and the Hermit, Metropolitan Museum of Art
v.: Bull's head, Metropolitan Museum of Art
This is a careful illustration, but to what story is not known. See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 62).
History
Provenance
- 1850: given to Thomas de Kay Winans (1820-1878) and family;
- 1878-1970: passed by family descent to his daughter Celeste Marguerite Winans (Mrs G. M. Hutton) (1855-1925), her daughter Lucette Marguerite Hutton, Mrs H. A. Prichard (1885-1957), and grand-daughters, Margaret Celeste Prichard, Mrs T. A. Buell (1908-1970), Helen Lucette Prichard, Mrs J. M. King (1913-2005), and Sybil Agnes Prichard, Mrs E. G. Walk (1915-2009);
- 1970: given by Margaret C. Buell, Helen L. King, and Sybil A. Walk to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Exhibitions
It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 62) as 'r.: The Margrave, the Princess, and the Hermit; v.: Bull's head'.
Journals 1906-Present
- Pressly, Nancy D., 'Whistler in America: An Album of Early Drawings', Metropolitan Museum Journal, New York, vol. 5, 1972, pp. 125-54.
Websites
- Metropolitan Museum website.