didoofcarthage:

Sketch of Apollo’s head for Classic and Romantic Art by John Singer Sargent 

American, 1917-1921

charcoal on paper

MFA Boston

4shotsofvodka:

Miss Mathilde Townsend, 1907 (detail) by John Singer Sargent (American, 1856-1925)

theartsyproject:

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John Singer Sargent, Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler (Mrs. John Jay Chapman), 1893.

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In response the closures of both the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum due to the partial government shutdown, I will be posting highlights from both collections indefinitely until these museums are reopened.