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Dim night scene of a canal with glowing windows, red shutters on a dark building at right, and a small figure near the water's edge.

Nocturne: Black and Red–Back Canal, Holland

A muted nocturne of a canal lined with tall buildings, their windows glowing yellow-ochre against grey dusk. Red shutters on the right-hand facade stand out against dark tones, and their reflections shimmer in the dark water below, where a small hunched figure walks near the lower right edge.

Artist
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
Date
1882
Medium
Watercolor on paper
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
Size
4000 × 3104 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1882).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art

Español: Nocturno: canal Negro y Rojo, Holanda

Un nocturno apagado de un canal bordeado de edificios altos, con ventanas que brillan en ocre amarillento contra un crepúsculo gris. Los postigos rojos de la fachada derecha destacan entre tonos oscuros, y sus reflejos centellean en el agua oscura, donde una pequeña figura encorvada camina cerca del borde inferior derecho.

Português: Noturno: Canal Preto e Vermelho, Holanda

Um noturno sóbrio de um canal ladeado por prédios altos, com janelas que brilham em ocre amarelado contra um crepúsculo cinzento. As venezianas vermelhas da fachada direita se destacam entre tons escuros, e seus reflexos tremeluzem na água escura, onde uma pequena figura curvada caminha perto da borda inferior direita.