Balcony, Amsterdam

Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 · [1889]

Above the broad doorway of a narrow central house on a canal, a balcony with iron framework projects in front of a narrow open doorway and a curtained window. At the left is a large window, above a closed doorway, and at the right there are three windows. Clothes are hung on the balcony railing and on a pole suspended above the door and window. In the lower doorway, a man is standing at the right, his face seen above a bar crossing the doorway and a woman is on her knees at the left. In the balcony, a woman is leaning upon a railing, and a woman with a child in her arms is standing in front of the narrow doorway. There are extensive reflections in the canal, defining somewhat the figures in the lower doorway. The butterfly is on the lowest window at the right.