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Francis Brooks Chadwick

John Singer Sargent American

1880

Not on view

Sargent created this portrait of expatriate Bostonian painter Francis Brooks Chadwick (1850–1942) in Haarlem in 1880. Sargent, Chadwick, and their friend Ralph Wormeley Curtis had traveled to the Netherlands to study paintings by the Dutch masters, particularly Frans Hals. Sargent’s portrait of Curtis hangs nearby.
Here, Chadwick’s powerfully modeled head stands out from an indistinct background, possibly a landscape. The frontal pose, finely drawn features, and direct gaze result in a penetrating study.

Francis Brooks Chadwick, John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856–1925 London), Oil on panel, American — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: Francis Brooks Chadwick

Artist: John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856–1925 London)

Date: 1880

Culture: American

Medium: Oil on panel

Dimensions: 13 1/4 x 9 7/8 in. (33.7 x 25.1 cm)
Framed: 20 1/4 × 17 in. (51.4 × 43.2 cm)

Credit Line: Collection of the Martin Andersen-Gracia Andersen Foundation, Inc., on long-term loan to the Orlando Museum of Art

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