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copy of right portion of Hals portrait of The Regentesses of the Old Men's Almshouse Haarlem by John Singer Sargent

copy of right portion of Hals portrait of The Regentesses of the Old Men's Almshouse Haarlem

John Singer Sargent · 1880

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Artist
John Singer Sargent
Date
1880
Location
Birmingham Museum of Art
ART MOVEMENTS
Tonalism
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John Singer Sargent

1856–1925 · United States

The man who painted 900 oils and 2,000 watercolors once caused a Paris scandal with a single bare shoulder.

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