Bacchus
John Singer Sargent · 1874-1880 · pastel over graphite with metallic paint on wove paper mounted to paperboard
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About this picture
Bacchus is a public-domain drawing by John Singer Sargent, dated 1874-1880. Pastel over graphite with metallic paint on wove paper mounted to paperboard. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Bacchus” (1874-1880) is either one of Sargent’s fluent society portraits or a looser travel watercolor from later years.
About the artist
John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) was an American portrait painter raised in Europe. The society portraits are fluent, and his later watercolors of travel and light are looser.
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