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John
Singer Sargent • (1856-1925)
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El
Jaleo
1882
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This
painting is both souvenir of experience and an expression
of Sargent's chief interest outside of his own artwork: that
of music.
The
preparatory sketches for El Jaleo began with
drawings made in Seville. While in Madrid he began
this large format painting (94 1/2 by 137 inches),
which apparently went through many stages of refinement.
There is not a dance called "El Jaleo," but rather
it is
a title of the scene as described, that of an "uproar,"
which
is an approximate translation of the Spanish
word into English. It can also be used to describe"noise."
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(Below)
A preparatory drawing for the painting
This
painting is part of the collection of the
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
The Museum gift shop sells 24" x 36"
prints for $15.00, plus $8.00 postage via UPS.
Phone
617-278-5122 for information and purchases.
Isabella
Stewart Gardner Museum
2 Palace Road
Boston, MA 02115
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