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Description: | Gilded reeded, 83.7 x 63.8 x 8.2
LABEL: F.H.Grau (Whistler's London framemake s. with a butterfly; c.r. (above the sitter's shoulder) CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) The sitter for this work was an Italian boy who often modelled for Whistler in London. The same sitter is again depicted in "The Boy in a Cloak" (YMSM 512) also in the Hunterian collection (See GLAHA 46324). It has been suggested that he is the brother of the sitter in "Vert et or: La Raconteur" (YMSM 513) and his sister is "The Little Faustina" (YMSM 510), both in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C, USA. The title of this painting, "De race", is probably intended to mean that he was born of pure blood, i.e. a thorough-bred. The high finish and the butterfly signature suggest that this work was ready for exhibition and considering the colour and smoothness of the boys complexion, it is possible that it was exhibited in 1901 as "The Golden Lily". It is believed that this painting was completed at Whistler's Fitzroy Street studio, London.
Birnie Philip Gift, 1935, not lendable. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | CHILD : PORTRAIT : BOY : ITALIAN : WHISTLER CENTENARY : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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