Study of a Young Man in a Cloak, Standing

John Singer Sargent American

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In this lithograph, Sargent built the composition around a lively cross-legged pose and used a dark-hooded robe to contrast with the man’s light skin and loincloth. Background appears for the first time in the 1895 group of lithographs, a feature developed fully in "Study of a Young Man, Seated" (50.558.4), the print Sargent sent to the Paris Palais des Beaux-Arts exhibition of October 1895. The British printer Frederick Goulding, who had developed an improved transfer paper for lithography, encouraged Sargent and other London artists to participate, offering to supply them with materials and to print their work. Sargent's valet, Nicola d’Inverno, a Londoner of Italian descent, is believed to have served as model.

Study of a Young Man in a Cloak, Standing, John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856–1925 London), Transfer lithograph

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Study of a Young Man in a Cloak, Standing, John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856–1925 London), Transfer lithograph
Study of a Young Man in a Cloak, Standing, John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856–1925 London), Transfer lithograph

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