
Whistler Asleep
Giovanni BoldiniWW-1897-010620
1897·Drypoint in black on ivory laid paper·Image: 19.6 × 29.4 cm (7 3/4 × 11 5/8 in.); Plate: 20 × 29.9 cm (7 7/8 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 30.8 × 45.4 cm (12 3/16 × 17 7/8 in.)
Gift of Walter S. Brewster
Catalogue
- Year
- 1897
- Dimensions
- Image: 19.6 × 29.4 cm (7 3/4 × 11 5/8 in.); Plate: 20 × 29.9 cm (7 7/8 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 30.8 × 45.4 cm (12 3/16 × 17 7/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- 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
- Image: 19.6 × 29.4 cm (7 3/4 × 11 5/8 in.); Plate: 20 × 29.9 cm (7 7/8 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 30.8 × 45.4 cm (12 3/16 × 17 7/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1897-010620
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified





