A Summer Idyll

John Singer Sargent

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

John Singer Sargent (American, born Italy, 1856–1925). A Summer Idyll, ca. 1877. Oil on canvas, 16 1/4 x 28 1/4 in. (41.3 x 71.7 cm) frame: 19 x 22 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. (48.3 x 57.2 x 8.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, John B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 14.558. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

A Summer Idyll

Date

ca. 1877

Medium

Oil on canvas

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

16 1/4 x 28 1/4 in. (41.3 x 71.7 cm) frame: 19 x 22 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. (48.3 x 57.2 x 8.3 cm)

Signatures

Inscribed lower right: "To my friend Walton / John S Sargent"

Inscriptions

Inscribed lower right: "To my friend Walton/ John Singer Sargent"

Credit Line

John B. Woodward Memorial Fund

Accession Number

14.558

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