A Sargent of Hands

Hands are one of the hardest things to paint in portraiture, but John Singer Sargent made it look easy! A compilation of his paintings, oil and watercolor - with music from Mozart. The artwork appearing as listed below. Thanks! 00:00 Two Girls on a Lawn, oil, ca. 1889, MET 00:15 Catherine Vlasto, oil, 1897, SMIT 00:30 Two Girls with Parasols, oil, 1888 – 1889, MET 00:45 Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler (Mrs. John Jay Chapman), oil, 1893, SMIT 01:01 Betty Wertheimeroil, oil, 1908, SMIT 01:15 Mrs. Kate A. Moore, oil, 1884, SMIT 01:30 Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau), oil, 1883-84, MET 01:45 Henry Cabot Lodge, oil, 1890, SMIT 02:00 Young Woman with a Black Skirt, c.1880s, watercolour, MET 02:15 Henry G. Marquand, oil, 1897, MET 02:30 Egyptians Raising Water from the Nile, oil, 1890-91, MET 02:45 Girl in Spanish Costume, watercolour, 1870/80, AIC 03:00 Figure in Hammock, Florida, watercolour, 1817, MET 03:15 Bringing Down Marble from the Quarries to Carrara, oil, 1911, MET 03:30 In the Generalife, watercolour, 1912, MET 03:45 The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy, oil, 1907, AIC 04:00 Mrs. George Swinton (Elizabeth Ebsworth), oil, 1897, AIC 04:15 Mrs. Charles Gifford Dyer (Mary Anthony), oil, 1880, AIC 04:30 Mrs. Charles Deering (Marion Denison Whipple), 1888, AIC 04:45 Madame Paul Escudier (Louise Lefevre), oil, 1882, AIC Credits Thank you • Chicago Art Institute – The paintings with AIC in the chapter are part of their collection and listed with a CC0 Public Domain Designation. • Metropolitan Art – The paintings with MET in the chapter are part of their collection and listed with a CC0 Public Domain Designation. • Smithsonian Institution – The paintings with SMIT in the chapter are part of their collection and listed with a CC0 Public Domain Designation. • Music – Mozart, Violin Sonata in E minor, K. 304 II. Tempo di minuetto – Blair McMillen #fineart #JohnSingerSargent #PortraitPainting