Nocturne: Palaces
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
1879-1880
Classification
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number
F1887.9
Tags
American ArtCharles Lang Freer collectionUnited Statesetching (printing process)nightnocturnepalace
About this artwork
Intaglio print depicting a canal scene in Venice where two buildings rise from the water. On the left is a four-story palace with balconies, and on the right a buidling with faintly-drawn arches and windows which recedes into the marks and darker tonality above it.