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Artists›John Singer Sargent

John Singer Sargent

1856–1925

WA-00016735

Florence, Italy

PaintingImpressionism

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

263

Works in Collection

274

Assets Indexed

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Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ155626

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (2)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/john-singer-sargent
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

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Movement

Impressionism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum National Gallery of Art Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (263)

Sir Philip Sassoon

1923 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 952 x 578 mm

Tate

Study for "The Danaïdes"

1922 · charcoal and graphite on laid paper

sheet: 48.1 × 62.39 cm (18 15/16 × 24 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "Philosophy"

1922 · charcoal on laid paper

sheet: 63.02 × 48.26 cm (24 13/16 × 19 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Studies for "Apollo in His Chariot with the Hours"

1922 · charcoal on wove paper

sheet: 42.23 × 53.66 cm (16 5/8 × 21 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Studies of Notus for "The Winds"

1922 · charcoal on laid paper

sheet: 47.94 × 62.71 cm (18 7/8 × 24 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Studies for "The Unveiling of Truth"

1922 · charcoal on laid paper

sheet: 48.58 × 63.02 cm (19 1/8 × 24 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "Phaethon"

1922 · graphite and charcoal on brown laid paper

sheet: 51.28 × 39.69 cm (20 3/16 × 15 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Studies of Achilles for "Chiron and Achilles"

1922 · charcoal on laid paper

sheet: 47.63 × 63.02 cm (18 3/4 × 24 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study of Drapery [verso]

1920 · charcoal on laid paper

sheet: 47.94 × 57.79 cm (18 7/8 × 22 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study of a Draped Figure

1920 · charcoal on laid paper

sheet: 47.94 × 61.64 cm (18 7/8 × 24 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study of General Louis Botha for "General Officers of World War I"

1920 · graphite on wove paper

sheet: 31.75 × 22.86 cm (12 1/2 × 9 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Studies of Generals Plumer and Haig for "General Officers of World War I" [recto]

1920 · charcoal with graphite on laid paper

sheet: 47.94 × 57.79 cm (18 7/8 × 22 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Studies for "Entering the War"

1920 · charcoal on laid paper

sheet: 47.63 × 62.55 cm (18 3/4 × 24 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Studies of Victory for "Death and Victory"

1920 · charcoal on laid paper

sheet: 63.18 × 47.94 cm (24 7/8 × 18 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study of Field Marshal John French for "General Officers of World War I"

1920 · charcoal on laid paper

sheet: 61.91 × 47.63 cm (24 3/8 × 18 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Studies for "General Officers of World War I"

1920 · charcoal on laid paper

sheet: 47.31 × 62.23 cm (18 5/8 × 24 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for Figure above "Music"

1919 · charcoal on laid paper

sheet: 48.1 × 63.02 cm (18 15/16 × 24 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Studies for "Two Classical Male Figures Jumping"

1919 · charcoal and graphite on laid paper

sheet: 48.26 × 63.5 cm (19 × 25 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Studies for "Dancing Figures"

1919 · charcoal on laid paper

sheet: 63.02 × 47.63 cm (24 13/16 × 18 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Studies for "Two Classical Male Figures Wrestling"

1919 · charcoal on laid paper

sheet: 63.5 × 48.1 cm (25 × 18 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Studies of Aphrodite for "Aphrodite and Eros"

1919 · charcoal on laid paper

sheet: 63.02 × 47.94 cm (24 13/16 × 18 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for Figure above "Music"

1919 · charcoal on laid paper

sheet: 47.78 × 63.18 cm (18 13/16 × 24 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "Arion"

1919 · charcoal on laid paper

sheet: 47.94 × 63.02 cm (18 7/8 × 24 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Female Nude Seated on a Low Bench

1919 · charcoal

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Artwork sources (7)

263 published of 268 catalogued · 263 with image

Nga
153 published153 img
Tate
44 published44 img
Art Institute Chicago
35 publishedof 40 catalogued40 img
Unknown
12 published12 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published7 img
The Met
7 published2 img
Smithsonian
5 published5 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Studies of a Male Nude (verso)
1918 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Studies of a Soldier Drinking, for Gassed (recto)
1918 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Mountains of Moab
1905 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Mrs Wertheimer
1904 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
W. Graham Robertson
1894 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Sir Philip Sassoon
1923 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Ena and Betty, Daughters of Asher and Mrs Wertheimer
1901 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Riva Degli Schiavoni, Venice
1904 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose
1885 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Mrs Frederick Barnard
1885 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

Artsy

Wikipedia

Art Institute of Chicago

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Appletons' Sargent Paul Dudley John Singer signature

Wikimedia Commons

Relationships

Movements1

Impressionism

Collections7

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum National Gallery of Art Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

In collection

National Gallery of Art

In collection

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

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Auction house

Christie's

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