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Sargent, John Singer,
Portrait male -- Sebastiano, Father
Occupation -- Religion
Dress -- Ecclesiastical
Architecture interior -- Domestic
Object -- Other
Object -- Written Matter
Object -- Flower
Painting
Padre Sebastiano, (painting).
Artist:
Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925, painter.
Title:
Padre Sebastiano, (painting).
Other Titles:
Padre Albera, (painting).
Dates:
1904-1906.
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
22 1/4 x 28 in. (56.5 x 71.1 cm).
Inscription:
(Upper left:) John S. Sargent signed
Description:
Portrait of Padre Sebastiano seated in the corner of a messy bedroom strewn with articles of clothing, his gaze directed toward an array of flowers that covers the table in front of him. In his right hand he holds a pencil, making notes in a book that rests on the table.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Sebastiano, Father -- Waist length
Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy
Dress -- Ecclesiastical
Architecture interior -- Domestic -- Bedroom
Object -- Other -- Writing Tool
Object -- Written Matter -- Book
Object -- Flower
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 Accession Number: 11.30
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Sargent, John Singer, 1906-1910.
Remarks:
Often exhibited as "Padre Albera."
References:
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, no. 505.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.
"John Singer Sargent, his own work," New York: Coe Kerr Gallery and Wittenborn Art Books, 1980, Pl. 28.
Burke, Doreen Bolger, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume III: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1846 and 1864," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, pg. 261.
Illustration:
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, pg. 162.
Ormond, Richard, "John Singer Sargent," New York: Harper & Row, 1970, pl. 103.
Burke, Doreen Bolger, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume III: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1846 and 1864," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, pg. 262.
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 36120610
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