John Singer Sargent Painting in the Gothic Room
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John Templeman Coolidge
(Boston, 1856 - 1945)
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John Singer Sargent
(Florence, 1856 - 1925, London)
Date1903
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumPlatinum print
Dimensions16.2 x 13.7 cm (6 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.006297
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Not on viewWeb CommentaryJohn Singer Sargent was the first artist-in-residence at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. During the month of April 1903 he slept in a guest room (now called the Macknight Room) and created new works of art in his temporary studio, the Gothic Room. John Templeman Coolidge, an artist and friend of Isabella’s, took several photographs of Sargent painting the portrait of Gretchen Osgood Warren and her daughter Rachel in the Gothic Room. These candid pictures show Sargent in a whirl of activity with brush and palette in hand—and a cigarette in his mouth. A dark curtain attempts to block the light coming through the stained-glass windows behind the seated pair. Surely delighted with their surroundings, Gretchen and Rachel laugh as Sargent turns to smile at the camera.
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Last Updated8/9/24
EmbARK ObjectID26374
Other NumberP27w19.7
Source ID10175
John Templeman Coolidge
1903
John Templeman Coolidge
8 August 1904
