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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Four Sketches of Dancers
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Four Sketches of Dancers

artist (Florence, 1856 - 1925, London)
Date1879-1882
Place MadeSpain, Europe
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensions57.8 x 22.9 cm (22 3/4 x 9 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS.G.Sar.4.2.4.18
eMuseum ID723398
EmbARK ObjectID24346
Previous NumberS.G.Sar.1.2.4
Original Number4.2.4
TMS Source ID8880
Last Updated10/22/24
Status
Not on view
Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesRollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), p. 46, no. 22.
Richard Ormond. "Sargent's El Jaleo." Fenway Court (1970), pp. 2-18, fig. 10.
Mary Crawford Volk. John Singer Sargent’s El Jaleo. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; Washington DC: National Gallery of Art, 1992), pp. 172-73, no. 28, figs. 28a, 28b, 28c, 28d.
Alan Chong et al. (eds.) Eye of the Beholder: Masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 2003), p. 159, ill.
 Sarah Cash, Elaine Kilmurray, and Richard Ormond. Sargent & Spain. Exh. cat. (Washington DC, National Gallery of Art, 2022; Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, 2023), pp. 96, no. 49.
ProvenanceNotesGift from John Singer Sargent to Isabella Stewart Gardner in a sketchbook containing 18 sheets with 22 drawings in 1919.
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John Singer Sargent
1879-1880
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John Singer Sargent
1881
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John Singer Sargent
1887
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John Singer Sargent
1879
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A. Greland
August 1895
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Joseph Lindon Smith
late 19th century - early 20th century