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The Princess from the Land of Porcelain
is a painting completed by American-born artist
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
between 1863 and 1865. Depicting model Christine Spartali, an "Anglo-Greek beauty whom all the artists of the day were clamoring to paint", in a
kimono
, the painting was influenced by Japanese woodblock maker
Kitagawa Utamaro
and the French
chinoiserie
stylings. Since 1919 it has been held at the
Freer Gallery of Art
as part of the
Peacock Room
(another of Whistler's designs).
Painting:
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
; edit:
Papa Lima Whiskey 2
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