Art, literature & history
The Mast (The Venetian Mast)
1879–80
- Dating
- Date range
- Medium
- Etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on heavy laid ivory paper; sixth state of twelve (Glasgow)
- Dimensions
- Plate: 13 3/8 × 6 in. (34 × 15.3 cm) Sheet: 17 15/16 × 12 1/2 in. (45.5 × 31.7 cm)
- Collection no.
- 17.3.96
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
James Abbott McNeill Whistler. The Mast (The Venetian Mast). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
The Mast (The Venetian Mast) — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1879–80.
Medium: Etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on heavy laid ivory paper; sixth state of twelve (Glasgow). Dimensions: Plate: 13 3/8 × 6 in. (34 × 15.3 cm) Sheet: 17 15/16 × 12 1/2 in. (45.5 × 31.7 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.