Study for seated musicians for "El Jaleo"

Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 1882

Height:

61.3 cm  (24 1/8 in.)

Width:

81.1 cm  (31 15/16 in.)

framed dimensions: 77.5 x 97.2 x 7.6 cm

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Place of creation:

United States

Description

Three men sitting, two of them playing guitars, the other appears to be clapping and singing

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Guitar [3237]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

The Harvard Art Museums own a number of drawings by Sargent relating to this theme, including 1937.8.2, 1937.8.12 (pen and wash sketches of dancer with seated figures), and 1937.8.22, a version of the figure at the left of this composition. The finished painting is at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston (RIdIM item 5576).

RIdIM record id

5605