The Long Gallery, Louvre
Medium
lithograph in black on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 21.6 × 15.9 cm (8 1/2 × 6 1/4 in.) sheet: 33.5 × 23.8 cm (13 3/16 × 9 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.8712
Art Historical Context
Step into the grand halls of Paris's Louvre Museum through James McNeill Whistler'sThe Long Gallery, Louvre (1894), a lithograph that captures the architectural splendor of one of the world's most iconic institutions. Whistler, the American-born artist renowned for his Aesthetic movement affiliations and subtle tonal harmonies—like his famous *Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1* (Whistler's Mother)—here turns his masterful eye to interior architecture. Printed in black ink on laid paper, this measures a modest image size of 21.6 × 15.9 cm, allowing intimate appreciation of its delicate lines a...
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...