John Singer Sargent

American, Florence 1856–1925 London

John Singer Sargent, an American painter born in Florence and long resident in London, is best known for his bravura portraits and luminous watercolours, though his graphic work on paper forms a quieter counterpoint. The 61 sheets gathered here move between oil on canvas, oil on wood, graphite on off-white wove paper, and watercolour often combined with graphite or wax crayon, spanning subjects from society portraiture to religious figures, birds, and Egyptian scenes. Their dates run from 1868 to 1921, with impressions up to that later year where the Met's records include them. Titles such as Madame X, Padre Sebastiano, Astarte, and Egyptians Raising Water from the Nile suggest the range of this holding.

61 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)

Seated Draped Figure

· Collotype on laid paper

Female Figure (Charcoal on white wove paper)

· Charcoal on white wove paper

French Landscape

· Watercolor and graphite on white wove paper

Pensive Girl

· Charcoal on white wove paper

Boats

· Watercolor on white wove paper

Sea, Sky, City

· Watercolor and graphite on yellow-buff wove paper

Leaves

1868 · Watercolor on white wove paper

Mürren

1870 · Watercolor on off-white wove paper

Studies of a Dead Bird

1878 · Oil on canvas

A Spanish Madonna

1879–80 · Oil on wood

Spanish Landscape

1879–80 · Oil on wood

Moorish Buildings on a Cloudy Day

1879–80 · Oil on wood

Open Doorway, Morocco

1879–80 · Oil on wood

Courtyard, Tétouan, Morocco

1879–80 · Oil on wood

Moorish Buildings in Sunlight

1879–80 · Oil on wood

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

1879–80 · Oil on wood

White Walls in Sunlight, Morocco

1879–80 · Oil on wood

Gondolier (1880–1900)

1880–1900 · Graphite on light-buff wove paper

Venetian Ornament

1880–82 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

Gondolier (1880–82)

1880–82 · Graphite on light-buff wove paper

Caricature of a Man

1880–82 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau)

1883–84 · Oil on canvas

Reapers Resting in a Wheat Field

1885 · Oil on canvas

Woman and Child (1885–86)

1885–86 · Charcoal on off-white wove paper

Two Girls with Parasols

1888 or 1889 · Oil on canvas

Women Approaching

1890s · Watercolor and graphite on white wove paper

Landscape with Goatherd

1890–1891 · Oil on canvas

Egyptians Raising Water from the Nile

1890–91 · Oil on canvas

Egyptian Woman

1890–91 · Oil on canvas

Egyptian Woman with Earrings

1890–91 · Oil on canvas

Cliffs at Deir el Bahri, Egypt

1890–91 · Oil on canvas

Santa Sofia

1891 (?) · Oil on canvas

Henry G. Marquand

1897 · Oil on canvas

Two Arab Women

1905 (?) · Oil on canvas

Seated Arabs

1905–6 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

Sunset

1905–6 · Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper

Alpine Pool

1907 · Oil on canvas

The Hermit (Il solitario)

1908 · Oil on canvas

Bringing Down Marble from the Quarries to Carrara

1911 · Oil on canvas

In the Generalife

1912 · Watercolor, wax crayon, and graphite on white wove paper

Figure in Hammock, Florida

1917 · Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper

Palmettos

1917 · Watercolor, graphite, and wax crayon on white wove paper

Camouflaged Field in France

1918 · Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and wax crayon on white wove paper

Mules

1918 · Watercolor, graphite, and wax crayon on off-white wove paper

Mules and Ruins

September, 1918 · Watercolor and graphite on white wove paper

Musicians and Listeners

after 1890 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

Mountains

ca. 1870 · Graphite on brown wove paper

Heads

ca. 1870 · Pen, ink, and graphite on light buff wove paper

Fishermen with Nets

ca. 1875 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

Oar

ca. 1878 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

Man

ca. 1878 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

Two Men in Boats

ca. 1878 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

Violet Sargent

ca. 1883 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

Two Girls on a Lawn

ca. 1889 · Oil on canvas

Astarte

ca. 1890–95 · Oil on canvas

Mannequin in the Snow

ca. 1891–93 · Oil on canvas

Green Door, Santa Maria della Salute

ca. 1904 · Watercolor, graphite, gouache, and wax crayon on white wove paper

Padre Sebastiano

ca. 1904–6 · Oil on canvas

Mountain Torrent

ca. 1910 · Watercolor, graphite, and wax crayon on white wove paper

Science: A Preparation for the Mural in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

ca. 1921–25 · Oil on canvas

Philosophy: A Preparation for the Mural in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

ca. 1921–25 · Oil on canvas