The Pantheon, from the Terrace of the Luxembourg Gardens / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.439
- Title
- The Pantheon, from the Terrace of the Luxembourg Gardens
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph with stumping on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1893
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- On the stone, bottom left: Butterfly monogram
- Dimensions
- 28.4 cm x 19.1 cm (11 3/16 in. x 7 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- The balustrade of a public park walkway seen at a slight distance acts as a foil for several figures grouped in front of the balustrade. To the left, two women stand talking while a child, with her back facing the viewer looks between the balusters towards the dome of a building in the distance beyond some trees. Too the right of the composition, a seated man and a woman shown in profile are grouped. Two ornamental urns decorate the balustrade.
- Subject Matter
- During the Whistlers' short sojourn in Paris, Whistler frequently depicted scenes in the Luxembourg Gardens in both lithographs and, more rarely, in etchings. He used the architecture of the French formal garden to organize his compositions. Here he employed the balustrade, the dome of the Pantheon, and the urn that aligns with the dome to create a grid to anchor his figures. These prints invariably have an intimate character despite their public setting.
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- europe
- figures
- france
- gardens
- locality
- man
- paris
- people and occupations
- plants
- terraces
- the natural world
- women
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 903 x 1337
- File Size
- 111 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.439
- Link to this Item
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"The Pantheon, from the Terrace of the Luxembourg Gardens; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.439/1954_1.439.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.
