Provenance

John Waterloo Wilson

1815 - 1883

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James McNeill Whistler, Isle de la Cite, Paris, 1859, etching and drypoint in black on wove paper, Gift of John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook, 1988.20.45

Isle de la Cite, Paris

James McNeill Whistler · 1859 · etching and drypoint in black on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1988.20.45

Shown from the chest up, a man with peach-colored skin sits in profile facing our left with downcast eyes in this vertical painting. He has a chestnut-brown beard and hair, brown eyes under thick brows, a slightly bumped nose, and pale, coral-pink lips. His nose and cheeks are tinged with pink. His robe is vibrant rose pink over the shoulders and scarlet red over his arms. The two colors are separated by a band of gold fringe. A bright, zigzagging line along the neckline could be a necklace or the edge of a white collar. He holds a lidded vessel near his left shoulder, closer to us. One hand tips the lid off the rounded bowl held in his other hand, which is cut off by the bottom edge of the canvas. The cup and lid are embellished with a row of bulging bosses around their edges. Inside the vessel is a glimpse of rounded, dark brown objects. The man is lit from the upper left, and the background is a mottled olive green and ginger brown.
Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Head of One of the Three Kings: Melchior, The Assyrian King, c. 1618, oil on panel transferred to canvas, Chester Dale Collection, 1943.7.9

Head of One of the Three Kings: Melchior, The Assyrian King

Sir Peter Paul Rubens · c. 1618 · oil on panel transferred to canvas ·  Accession ID  1943.7.9