
Whistler Asleep
Giovanni BoldiniWW-1897-288102
1897·drypoint on pale green-gray paper·plate: 19.4 × 29.2 cm (7 5/8 × 11 1/2 in.)
sheet: 21.2 × 32.9 cm (8 3/8 × 12 15/16 in.)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1897
- Dimensions
- plate: 19.4 × 29.2 cm (7 5/8 × 11 1/2 in.) sheet: 21.2 × 32.9 cm (8 3/8 × 12 15/16 in.)
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art
- Artist
- Giovanni Boldini
Artist

Giovanni Boldini
Painting
Giovanni Boldini was an Italian genre and portrait painter who lived and worked in Paris for most of his career. According to a 1933 article in Time magazine, he was known as the "Master of Swish" because of his flowing style of painting.
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Record
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- Giovanni Boldini
- Year
- 1897
- Dimensions
- plate: 19.4 × 29.2 cm (7 5/8 × 11 1/2 in.) sheet: 21.2 × 32.9 cm (8 3/8 × 12 15/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1897-288102
Source
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art
- Source
- nga
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
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