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A Fortune Teller Of Brittany

by Robert Wylie

1871-1872
Oil on canvas
33 7/8 x 47 3/4 in. (86.1 x 121.3 cm)

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Wylie, Robert 
An English Cod

by William Merritt Chase

1904
oil on canvas.
36 1/4 x 40 1/4 in. (92.1 x 102.2 cm).

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Chase, William Merrittnotes
Description: Still life depicting a filleted cod fish draped across a ceramic plate, with two small fish resting nearby on the tabletop. In the background there is metal bucket.
Campo dei Frari, Venice

by John Singer Sargent

1880
Watercolor over pencil with gouacheon cream wove paper
25.1 x 35.6 cm (9 7/8 x 14 in.)

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Sargent, John Singernotes
Campo means public square or space, so this is the courtyard right off the canal facing the church Frari. Sargent's early watercolors can be significantly different in tone to his later work. Generally you see  careful brushwork and tight, small, and much more controlled washes of color than his later work. He often, but not always, used this...
Forest Scene at Ramsau

by John Singer Sargent

1871
Graphite with gray wash
11 3/8 x 15 3/8 in.

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Sargent, John Singer 
General Robert E. Lee

by John Adams Elder

1876
Oil on canvas
54 1/2 x 40 3/4 in. (138.4 x 103.5 cm)

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Elder, John Adams 
Head of Olimpio Fusco

by John Singer Sargent

c. 1905-1915
Charcoal and stump on beige laid paper
22 x 17 in.

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Sargent, John Singer 
In The Land Of Promise, Castle Garden

by Charles Frederick Ulrich

1884
Oil on wood panel
28 3/8 x 36 in. (72 x 91.4 cm) Image size: 28 3/8 x 35 5/8 in. (72 x 89.7 cm)

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Ulrich, Charles Frederick 
Lady with a Mask

by Thomas Wilmer Dewing

ca. 1907.
oil on canvas.
22 3/8 x 24 1/4 in. (56.8 x 61.6 cm).

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Dewing, Thomas Wilmernotes
Description: Interior scene depicting a seated female figure holding an Asian mask in her right hand. In the background there is a long narrow tapestry hanging on the wall.
Landscape With Deer, North Carolina

by Joshua Shaw

ca. 1818-1821
Watercolor on paper
9 x 13 1/2 in. (22.8 x 34. cm)

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Shaw, Joshua 
Madame Edouard Pailleron

by John Singer Sargent

1879
Oil on canvas
208.3 x 100.4 cm (82 x 39 1/2 in.)

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Sargent, John Singernotes
This is Sargent's first full length portrait. Notice the change of focus of the grass around her face compared to the trees and stone railing of the Madame Pailleron's parents country estate at Ronjoux, Chambéry, Savoy in the south of France where this was painted. In 1880 Sargent showed this painting along with the subject painting...
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