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 | In the Tyrol 1911 | 
Note
From: Harvard:
Donalson
Hoopes, author of "Sargent Watercolors" (1976), visited the Fogg in
July of 1965. Hoopes identified the woman on the left as Dorothy Barnard, whom
Sargent had painted nearly twenty-five years earlier in Carnation, Lily, Lily,
Rose (1885-86, Tate Gallery, London). The woman on the right was identified by
Hoopes as... | GA | igrkio |
 | Incensing the Veil c. 1880 |
Fumée d'Ambre Gris
1880
The
painting is inscribed to Dr Pozzi
Dr. Samuel Jean
Pozzi at Home
1881
Note:
Special
thanks to Francesca Elizabeth Miller of California, for being a friend of the
JSS Gallery, and helping with this paitning.
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 | Inside a Tent in Canadian 1916 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Interior of a Bath House c. 1890 - 1891 | GA | igrkio | |
 | Interior of Dodge's Palace 1898 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
This is of
the Sala del Maggiore Consiglio -- a
huge room measuring some 50 meters long (164 feet) located in the
Palazzo Ducale. It was in this room that they would elect the Doge and its
government by the Maggior Consiglio.
Photo Palazzo
Ducale Interior
Palazzo Ducale
(Dodge's Palace)
The... | GA | igrkio |
 | Interior of Hogia Sophia 1891 |
From: Speed Art Museum
According
to an account published in 1925, Sargent bribed an
official to gain access to Hagia Sophia. He made this
sketch in the early morning, just as warm, golden light began to fill the
space. Although he worked rapidly, Sargent still was
able to capture perfectly the grandeur and mystery of the building’s
expansive... | GA | igrkio |
 | Isabel Valle (Mrs. George Austen) 1882 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
References:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings;
volume 1, The early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press,
1998, no. 48.
McKibbin,
David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.
"City
Art Museum Catalogue of Paintings," St. Louis: City Art Museum, St.... | GA | igrkio |
 | Isabella Stewart Gardner 1888 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Boston, MA |
Much of the
wealth of European art that American now has in its museums has a lot to do
with a small handful of very farsighted and eccentric art collectors during the
Gilded Age . Few of these were as eccentric and interesting as Isabella Stewart
Gardner (1840-1925).
She was
born the daughter of David Stewart, a business owner from New York... | GA | igrkio |
 | Israel Under the Law (East Wall, lunette, center) 1916 Boston Public Library Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Italian Girl with Fan 1882 Cincinnati Art Museum Cincinnati, OH |
The
painting is of the Venetian model Gigia Viani. She is used by John continuously in most of his
Venetian studies. This particular portrait stands out from his other Venetian
work in more ways than one. First of all, you can't dismiss its enormous size. At
2.38 meters high (7.8 feet) it is clearly larger than life. It is also one of
the few... | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent
