The Long Gallery, Louvre / James McNeill Whistler

About this Item

Record Details

Accession Number

1954/1.446

Title

The Long Gallery, Louvre

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

Artist Nationality

American

Artist Life Dates

1834-1903

Medium and Support

transfer lithograph with stumping on wove paper

Object Creation Date

1894

Credit Line

Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker

Inscription

On the stone, l.r.: Butterfly monogram Collection (no mark): Thomas Robert Way

Dimensions

29.8 cm x 21.3 cm (11 3/4 in. x 8 3/8 in.)

Century

19th century

Physical Description

A long narrow gallery space, ending in an apse with a door in it is shown at a middle distance. Many works of art can be seen on the right side, stacked high, or skied. At the floor level, people are scattered looking at works of art; at the right is an artist with a large canvas copying another work.

Subject Matter

From Whistler's student days in Paris, he was familiar with copying the Old Masters in the Louvre. Here Whistler has drawn the Grand Galerie, looking east.

This lithograph was published in "The Studio", vol. 3, no. 18, Sept. 15, 1894. Those 3000 impressions bear The Studio blind stamp, which this does not. This impression was probably from the group of about 28 that Thomas R. Way says his firm printed.

Primary Keywords

interiors

standing

Secondary Keywords

figures

genres

people and occupations

Rights

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Technical Details

Collection

University of Michigan Museum of Art

Image Size

965 x 1375

File Size

118 KB

Record

1954/1.446

Link to this Item

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