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Hazy grey-brown night scene of a waterway with glowing light reflections, blurred lit buildings at left, and small pale shapes at bottom left.

Nocturne: Grey and Gold–Canal, Holland

A muted nocturne in grey and brown watercolor shows a dark night waterway lined by faint, glowing lights, their reflections trembling down the water in pale vertical streaks. Blurred buildings with lit windows rise at left, and two small pale forms sit near the bottom edge beside a faint monogram.

Artist
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
Date
1882
Medium
Watercolor on paper
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
Size
3183 × 4000 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 en gris y oro: canal, Holanda

Un nocturno de tonos grises y marrones en acuarela muestra un canal oscuro bordeado por luces tenues y brillantes, cuyos reflejos tiemblan sobre el agua en finas franjas verticales pálidas. Edificios difuminados con ventanas iluminadas se alzan a la izquierda, y dos pequeñas formas claras se sitúan cerca del borde inferior junto a un monograma apenas visible.

Português: Noturno em cinza e ouro: canal, Holanda

Um noturno em tons de cinza e marrom, em aquarela, mostra um canal escuro ladeado por luzes tênues e brilhantes, cujos reflexos tremem sobre a água em faixas verticais pálidas. Edifícios desfocados com janelas iluminadas erguem-se à esquerda, e duas pequenas formas claras aparecem perto da borda inferior, ao lado de um monograma quase invisível.

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