The illustrator George du Maurier priced estimate Whistler as saying that “the image barring the red hair is one lovely mass of brilliant white,” yet it’s a lot more complicated than that. This is Fernand Khnopff’s Portrait of Madeleine Mabille. Her outfit is much a lot more flamboyant thananything we see Hiffernan in, yet the way it’s painted reveals Klimt’s financial debt to Whistler, with definitely just as many shades as well as textures of white.