Apollo and Daphne

c. 1916/1919

John Singer Sargent

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John Singer Sargent

Painter, American, 1856 - 1925

This is a painting showing two people in nature. The person on the left appears to be running towards the right, with one leg in the air and their arms outstretched. They have tan, golden-toned skin, blond hair, and golden fabric draped loosely around them, billowing backward as they run. On the right is a pale person standing upright in a tree, their arms outstretched. They appear intertwined with the tree, with their feet nestled in the light brown trunk and their head and hands covered in olive-green leaves. The background features indistinct brown shapes against a clear blue sky.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist's sisters, Miss Emily Sargent [1857-1929] and Violet Sargent Ormond [1870-1955, Mrs. Francis Ormond]; gift 1949 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

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Bibliography

2011

  • Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 315, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q46633477

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