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Description: | Royal (1) s. in plate; u.l. "Whistler"
(2) Collector's stamp; v. "EGK (Lugt 857)"
(3) inscr. in pencil; v. "Arthur coll. / s. 2590 / a36693 / A. 566603" CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) In the summer of 1858, Whistler planned a journey from France, through Alsace and up the Rhine, ending finally in Amsterdam where he would have the opportunity to see works by the great Dutch masters. When he reached Heidelberg, Whistler met a pretty young girl named Gretchen Schmidt, and made an etching entitled "Gretchen at Heidelberg".
This etching was purchased by the University of Glagow from Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, on the 15th May 1974. | 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: | INTERIOR : FRENCH SET : PORTRAIT : GRETCHEN SCHMIDT : STOOL : BOOK : 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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