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Misty etching of a narrow canal with tall palaces on the left, faint diagonal perspective lines, and reflections in the water below.

Nocturne: Palaces

An etching and drypoint in brown ink shows a narrow Venetian-style canal lined with tall stone palaces that fade into hazy shadow on the left. Faint diagonal lines of perspective cross the sheet, and soft reflections ripple across the water in the foreground.

Artist
James McNeill Whistler
Date
1879/80
Medium
Etching and drypoint with foul biting, with drypoint cancellation, in dark brown ink on ivory laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2529 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1880).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Walter S. Brewster

Español: Nocturno: Palacios, aguafuerte de James McNeill Whistler

Un aguafuerte y punta seca en tinta marrón muestra un estrecho canal de estilo veneciano bordeado de altos palacios de piedra que se difuminan en sombra a la izquierda. Finas líneas diagonales de perspectiva cruzan la hoja, y suaves reflejos se extienden sobre el agua en primer plano.

Português: Noturno: Palácios, gravura de James McNeill Whistler

Uma gravura em água-forte e ponta seca, em tinta marrom, mostra um canal estreito de estilo veneziano ladeado por palácios altos de pedra que se dissolvem em sombra à esquerda. Linhas diagonais finas de perspectiva atravessam a folha, e suaves reflexos se espalham pela água em primeiro plano.