In a Hayloft
1904
John Singer Sargent
American, born Italy, 1856-1925
American Art
The two figures nested in a half-lit hayloft are the Italian painters Ambrogio Raffele and Carlo Pollonera, whose camaraderie Sargent enjoyed during summer painting stints in Purtud, in 1904 and 1905. Sargent masterfully established their likenesses with the briefest means: layered passages of wash and selectively touched highlights that describe a confined raking light on their features. The figures are barely discernible within the broad washes of color—a mysterious effect enhanced by the scene’s overall greenish hue.
- Maker/Artist
- Sargent, John Singer
- Classification
- Watercolor
- Formatted Medium
- Translucent and opaque watercolor with graphite underdrawing
- Medium
- translucent, opaque, watercolor, graphite, underdrawing
- Dimensions
- 16 x 12 in. (40.6 x 30.5 cm) frame: 30 x 23 7/8 x 1 3/8 in. (76.2 x 60.6 x 3.5 cm)
- Departments
- American Art
- Accession Number
- 09.824
- Credit Line
- Purchased by Special Subscription
- Exhibitions
- John Singer Sargent Watercolors, Masters of Color and Light: Homer, Sargent and the American Watercolor Movement
- Rights Statement
- No known copyright restrictions
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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