Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009714The Violin Player
Inscriptions
Signed lower right center with butterfly.
Provenance
van Wisselingh (dealer, London and The Hague), 1903); (to Macbeth Galleries, New York, 20 February 1908); (to "Spiri," Amsterdam, 1 May 1908); D. Heinemann, Munich, 1911; Howard P. Eells, Cleveland (acquired from Heinemann in 1912) Bequeathed to Mrs. Howard P. Eells (Maud), 11 February 1919; Lent to Cleveland Museum of Art at various times up to 1937; Given to Cleveland Museum of Art 31 December 1942.
Exhibition history
Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-October 4, 1937).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903)
- Date
- c. 1890–94
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 79 x 53.3 cm (31 1/8 x 21 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Howard P. Eells in memory of her husband Howard Parmelee Eells
- Accession no.
- 1942.1133
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