Art, literature & history
Bibi Valentin
1859
- Dating
- Exact year
- Medium
- Etching and drypoint, black ink on fine ivory laid Japan; second state of two, from the damaged plate (Glasgow)
- Dimensions
- plate: 5 15/16 x 8 15/16 in. (15.1 x 22.7 cm) sheet: 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (17.1 x 24.1 cm)
- Collection no.
- 17.3.43
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Bibi Valentin. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
Bibi Valentin — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1859.
Medium: Etching and drypoint, black ink on fine ivory laid Japan; second state of two, from the damaged plate (Glasgow). Dimensions: plate: 5 15/16 x 8 15/16 in. (15.1 x 22.7 cm) sheet: 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (17.1 x 24.1 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.