John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)

An Artist in His Studio
1904, Oil on canvas

Ambrogio Raffele was a friend and sometimes model of Sargents. Also a painter, he is pictured in this painting working on a landscape, peering at an apparent photograph as the basis of his efforts. This painting was purchased from Sargent in 1905 for $1000 and given to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. It was the first Sargent image to enter an American Museum.

Oil on canvas, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

The Museum web site is HERE.