John Singer Sargent
dal 15/3/2010 al 29/5/2010
Segnalato da
15/3/2010
John Singer Sargent
Prado Museum, Madrid
The Prado Museum offer visitors the opportunity to see the painting The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, a masterpiece by John Singer Sargent, displayed alongside Las Meninas by Velazquez, its direct source of inspiration. In the present portrait, Sargent reveals the influence of Velazquez in the treatment of the light and atmosphere, which are the starting points for a work of mysterious naturalism and intense but restrained expressivity.
From March until May 2010, the Prado will offer visitors the privilege and probably a unique opportunity to see the painting The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, a masterpiece by John Singer Sargent, displayed alongside Las Meninas by Velázquez, its direct source of inspiration.
This exceptional family portrait travels to Spain for the first time and represents an event of considerable importance since it has scarcely left the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, to which it was donated in 1919. This is the first time that the painting will be exhibited in a European city other than London, a city closely connected to Sargent who lived and worked there until the end of his life.
Sargent painted The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit in 1882, commissioned by Edward Darley Boit, an American collector and friend of the artist. Sargent admired the work of Velázquez, which he studied and knew well, producing various copies on the basis of a trip to Spain that he made in 1879. In the present portrait, which is one of his masterpieces, Sargent reveals the influence of Velázquez in the treatment of the light and atmosphere, which are the starting points for a work of mysterious naturalism and intense but restrained expressivity.
Beatriz Carderera T: +34 913 302860 / 41 F: +34 913 302858
gabinete.prensa@museodelprado.es
Opening 16 March 2010
Prado Museum
Calle Ruiz de Alarcon, 23, Madrid
Opening hours: From Tuesday to Sunday: 9am – 8pm (including holidays)