J. Becquet, Sculptor (K. 52 IV) from The Thames Set

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J. Becquet, Sculptor (K. 52 IV) from The Thames Set

Artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler American, 1834-1903

Date1859

DimensionsSheet: 11 3/4 × 9 1/4 in. (29.8 × 23.5 cm)
Image: 10 × 7 1/2 in. (25.4 × 19.1 cm)

Mediumetching and drypoint

ClassificationPrints

Object number

1912.1189

Not on View

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Exhibition HistoryTMA, Whistler: Influences, Friends, and the Not-So-Friendly, Feb. 26 - May 30, 2010.

Toledo Museum of Art, Prints and Authors from the Time of Manet, September 13, 2012-January 13, 2013.

Label TextBecquet was a musician who lived in his studio among “disorder and his cello.” Whistler omitted much of the peripheral detail when he etched this print. The portraiture of the Flemish artist Anthony Van Dyck (1599–1641) was a probable influence, as was the work of Rembrandt (1606–1669). Whistler employed the same approach as Van Dyck, concentrating on the head and barely suggesting the torso. He also employed the same line character and crosshatching as Van Dyck’s etchings (see an example nearby).