1880
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Rialto is a 1880 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, depicting Street, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a scene of the Rialto in Venice. It's an etching, which is a technique where the artist scratches a design onto a metal plate. The detail in this work is interesting because Whistler used a combination of etching and drypoint to create different textures. You can learn more about this technique by looking into the work of artist: Whistler, James McNeill.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom.
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