Moorish Buildings on a Cloudy Day

John Singer Sargent, 1879–80

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Moorish Buildings on a Cloudy Day, 1879–80. Oil on wood.

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Oil on wood · 10 1/4 x 13 3/4 in. (26 x 34.9 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Museum title: Moorish Buildings on a Cloudy Day
Artist: John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856–1925 London)
Date: 1879–80
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 13 3/4 in. (26 x 34.9 cm)
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Francis Ormond, 1950
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1856–1925

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Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.