The Nun in "Count Burckhardt" (for "Once a Week," September 27, 1862)
Medium
Wood engraving; proof
Dimensions
Image: 6 3/16 in. × 4 in. (15.7 × 10.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.112.5
Tags
WindowsWomen
About the Artist
James McNeill Whistler|Chiswick Press|Dalziel Brothers · 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...