Arrangement in Flesh Colour and Black: Portrait of Theodore Duret, 1883 James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903) Oil on canvas; 76 1/8 x 35 3/4 in. (193.4 x 90.8 cm) Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1913 (13.20)		The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton, 1900 Thomas Eakins (1844–1916) Oil on canvas; 82 x 42 in. (208.3 x 106.7 cm) John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1917 (17.172)
Like Eakins, Whistler was profoundly influenced by the works of Velásquez, as evidenced in his portrait of the collector and art critic Theodore Duret (1838–1927). Where Whistler's portrait is characterized by subtle adjustments of color and tone, Eakins's has a similarly restricted palette but eschews all decorative effects. Back

 

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