The Library in Venice

watercolor with white gouache over graphite · John Singer Sargent

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The Library in Venice by John Singer Sargent, shown at 32 × 40 in (81.3 × 101.6 cm) in Arber Light Walnut, living
Shown at 81.3 × 101.6 cm (32 × 40 in) · Framed paper, Arber Light Walnut · Living room
The Library in Venice by John Singer Sargent, shown at 32 × 40 in (81.3 × 101.6 cm) on canvas in Arber Raw Oak, hallway
Shown at 81.3 × 101.6 cm (32 × 40 in) · Framed canvas, Arber Raw Oak · Hallway
The Library in Venice by John Singer Sargent, shown at 32 × 40 in (81.3 × 101.6 cm) as gallery-wrapped canvas, hotel guest room
Shown at 81.3 × 101.6 cm (32 × 40 in) · Gallery-wrapped canvas · Hotel guest room
The Library in Venice

Artist

John Singer Sargent was an American expatriate artist celebrated as one of the greatest portrait painters of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Born in Florence to American parents in 1856, Sargent trained in Italy and Paris before establishing his career in London. Renowned for his dazzling technique and confident brushwork, he became the preferred portraitist of high society during the Belle Époque and Edwardian eras. His paintings captured the elegance, wealth, and sophistication of his subjects with extraordinary vitality and refinement.Sargent gained early notoriety with Portrait of Madame X, a controversial work exhibited in Paris in 1884 that ultimately helped propel his international fame. Beyond portraiture, he produced remarkable landscapes, watercolors, and murals inspired by extensive travels across Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. Influenced in part by Impressionism, his later works became increasingly fluid and experimental. Today, Sargent is admired not only for his technical brilliance but also for the psychological depth and modern sensibility present throughout his vast and influential body of work.

Where it works

Suited to living rooms and hallways, and to hotel guest rooms, in a medium-size vertical format.

CreatorJohn Singer Sargent
Mediumwatercolor with white gouache over graphite
Original dimensions22 3/8 x 17 3/4 in.
SKUjohn-singer-sargent-2026-010_frgc_1620
Archive IDrs:100:48647