Henry Irving as Philip II of Spain
James McNeill Whistler
after 1872
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
19 1/8 x 14 3/8 in. (48.6 x 36 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of George S. Hellman, 1955
Accession Number
55.49
Tags
MenPortraits
About the Artist
James McNeill Whistler · 1834–1903
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) was an American-born painter and printmaker who became a leading figure in the Aesthetic Movement and pioneer of Tonalism and Japonisme. He revolutionized art by championing "art for art's sake" and treating paintings as visual equivalents of musical compositions, titling works as "arrangements," "harmonies," and "nocturnes" to emphasize formal qualities o...