Artist in the Simplon, (painting).

Artist in the Simplon, (painting).

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925, painter.

Artist in the Simplon, (painting).

Watercolor on paper.

(Lower left:) John S. Sargent -- Simplon signed

View looking out over the snow-capped Alps with an artist (Ambrogio Raffele, 1845-1928) working at his easel in the lower right foreground, his back turned toward the viewer, and his attention turned toward his canvas. The artist is dressed in a tan coat and a gray cap.

Landscape -- Switzerland -- Simplon

Landscape -- Mountain -- Alps

Portrait male -- Raffele, Ambrogio -- Waist length

Ethnic -- Italian

Occupation -- Art -- Painter

Dress -- Accessory -- Hat

Harvard University, Harvard Art Museum, Fogg Museum, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 Accession Number: 1942.54

Formerly in the collection of Scott and Fowles, New York, New York until 1922.

Gift of Winthrop, Grenville L.,

"American Paintings at Harvard, Volume Two: Paintings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856," New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008, no. 350.

"American Paintings at Harvard, Volume Two: Paintings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856," New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008, no. 350.

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