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  • Sargent, John Singer,
     
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  • Portrait male -- Raffele, Ambrogio
     
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  • Ethnic -- Italian
     
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  • Occupation -- Art
     
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  • Painting
     
     
    Ambrogio Raffele, (painting).
    Artist: 
    Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925, painter.
    Title: 
    Ambrogio Raffele, (painting).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1904.
    Medium: 
    Watercolor on paper.
    Dimensions: 
    20 x 14 in. (50.8 x 35.6 cm).
    Inscription: 
    (Lower right:) all'amico A. Raffele/John S. Sargent signed
    Description: 
    Full-length standing portrait of Ambrogio Raffele (1845-1928) about to open a door.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Raffele, Ambrogio -- Full length
    Ethnic -- Italian
    Occupation -- Art -- Painter
    Object Type: 
    Painting
    Owner: 
    On loan to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2800 Grove Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23221
    Lent by McGlothlin, James W. & Frances G.,
    Provenance: 
    Formerly in the collection of Raffele, Ambrogio,
    Bignami, Vittorio, until 1951.
    Bignami, Aldo,
    Bossi, Aldo,
    Christie's, New York, New York Sale (Nov. 30, 1999), lot 110.
    References: 
    Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, no. 563.
    Curry, David Park, "Capturing Beauty: American Impressionist and Realist Paintings from the McGlothlin Collection," Richmond, VA: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2005, pg. 51.
    "American Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts," Richmond, VA: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, in association with University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, 2010, pg. 264.
    Illustration: 
    Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, pg. 224.
    Curry, David Park, "Capturing Beauty: American Impressionist and Realist Paintings from the McGlothlin Collection," Richmond, VA: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2005, pg. 51.
    "American Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts," Richmond, VA: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, in association with University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, 2010, pg. 264.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAP 88570047
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