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John Singer Sargent

263 works

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Full-length portrait of a woman in a black beaded dress with lace cuffs, resting her hand on an ornate gilt instrument.

Eleanora O'Donnell Iselin (Mrs. Adrian Iselin)

1888

Loose oil painting of gnarled olive tree roots and green undergrowth over sunlit dry earth and pale rocks.

Wild Olive Tree Roots, Valldemosa, Majorca

1908

Oil portrait of a young girl in a black dress with red sash, holding a small terrier against a brown background.

Miss Beatrice Townsend

1882

Painting of a red-haired woman in a black lace dress standing on a grassy lawn with a birch tree behind her.

Marie Buloz Pailleron (Madame Édouard Pailleron)

1879

Loose painting of a sunlit Cairo courtyard with a patterned stone floor, pale arches and a dark doorway.

Pavement, Cairo

1891

Full-length portrait of a woman in a white ruffled gown holding a fan beside a gilded chair in a muted interior.

Margaret Stuyvesant Rutherfurd White (Mrs. Henry White)

1883

Painting of a rocky mountain landscape with boulders, a rushing stream, and a dark peak under a blue sky with clouds.

Simplon Pass

1911

Women with baskets and children cross wet sand at low tide, with boats and a lighthouse in the distance under a cloudy sky.

En route pour la pêche (Setting Out to Fish)

1878

Painting of a nude figure in a yellow drape reaching toward a tree where a pale figure rises among the leaves against blue sk

Apollo and Daphne

c. 1916/1919

Oil portrait of a woman in a black dress and dark hat against a shadowed background, by John Singer Sargent.

Portrait de Madame Allouard-Jouan

1882

Full-length portrait of a woman in a black dress standing beside a boy in a white sailor suit and straw hat.

Portrait of Mrs. Edward L. Davis and Her Son, Livingston Davis

1890

Loose oil sketch of Venus and a winged Cupid in an oval composition with warm ochre tones and a gilt frame.

Venus and Cupid

1915

Full-length painting of a dancer in a bright orange embroidered costume with hands on hips against a dark background.

La Carmencita, by John Singer Sargent

1890

Painting of a veiled woman in white robes beside a silver incense burner on a patterned rug in a whitewashed room.

Smoke of Ambergris

1880

Full-length portrait of a woman in a white gown holding a fan, standing beside a gilded chair and draped curtain.

Margaret Stuyvesant Rutherfurd White (Mrs. Henry White)

1883

Portrait of a woman in a black gown and pink wrap with pearls, standing beside a marble column before dark red drapery.

Lady Helen Vincent, Viscountess d’Abernon

1904

Oil portrait of a woman in a black headscarf and dark shawl against a brown background, by John Singer Sargent.

Egyptian Woman

1890

Loose oil painting of a robed goatherd with dark goats on a sunlit grassy slope under tall palm trees.

Landscape with Goatherd

1890

Loose oil sketch of Egyptian figures raising water from the Nile beside palm fronds, with a pale river and sail behind.

Egyptians Raising Water from the Nile

1890

Painting of an arched doorway with a green door in a whitewashed wall, stone steps and sunlit buildings beyond.

Open Doorway, Morocco

1879

Watercolor of rushing water flowing over dark rocks beside a green grassy bank, with white foam and reflected light.

Rushing Water

1901

Oil portrait of a standing man in a dark suit beside bookshelves, one hand resting on a table.

Edward Robinson

1903

Watercolor of an alpine valley with a stream, pink sunlit peak, blue shadowed mountains and dark conifers on a green slope.

Mountain View at Bormio (from Switzerland 1869 Sketchbook)

1869

Loose painted view of a shallow alpine pool with rocks, golden grass, and dark evergreens reflected in the water.

Alpine Pool

1907

Oil sketch of two seated women in white robes beside a dark doorway with a glowing hanging lantern.

Two Arab Women

1905

Painting of a family seated at a candlelit table in a dim room with a crucifix and religious figures on the wall.

Tyrolese Interior

1915

Watercolor of a lake framed by steep cliffs and snowy mountain peaks, with a small white boat on the water.

Bay of Uri, Brunnen (from Switzerland 1870 Sketchbook)

1870

Loose brown and ochre sketch of two nude bathers on a wharf beside masts and rigging, with a building at right.

The Balcony, Spain [and] Two Nude Bathers Standing on a Wharf

1879

Painting of a figure in a red cloak standing in snow before a stone wall and snowy village buildings.

Mannikin in the Snow

1891

Oil portrait of a woman in a white blouse with pearl necklace, hand to her chin, against a dark brown background.

Mrs. Henry Galbraith Ward

1891

Two women in white dresses and hats lie relaxed on a green lawn, painted in loose, sketchy brushstrokes.

Two Girls on a Lawn

1889

Oil painting of a young man in a dark cassock writing at a cluttered table with wildflowers and hanging robes behind him.

Padre Sebastiano

1904